Ghent University
CURRICULUM VITAE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
October 2024 - Today
Postdoctoral fellow at Ghent University
I have been awarded a Senior Postdoc Fellowship of 3 years from the FWO (the Flemish Research Agency in Belgium). I am investigating PFAS contamination and remediation in the subsurface by combining geoelectrical monitoring and X-ray micro-computed tomography. I work in collaboration with Prof. Tom Bultreys (PPROGRESS) and Prof. Thomas Hermans (LTGH).
April 2021 - September 2024
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Orléans
As a 3-year postdoctoral fellow funded by the LabEx VOLTAIRE2 project, I worked in collaboration with Dr. Soulaine (ISTO), Dr. Sophie Roman (ISTO) and Dr. Arnaud Stolz (GREMI), on multiscale geoelectrical monitoring to model reactive transport and multiphase flow in the critical zone. I extended my contract for 6 months (April to September 2024) on the TRACE-IT project of Sophie Roman funded by the ERC. I worked on the generation of particle aggregate formation by in situ concentration gradient.
January 2018 - March 2021
PhD candidate at Sorbonne Université
For this PhD, under the supervision of Dr. Damien Jougnot, I developed column experiments equipped for geoelectrical monitoring with the self-potential (SP) and the spectral induced polarization (SIP) methods. I characterized calcite dissolution and precipitation geoelectrical signatures through experimental results and analytical developments for petrophysical description and reactive transport modeling.
August - December 2017
Engineering school graduation internship at the French Geological Survey
At the French Geological Survey (BRGM), I analyzed time-lapse electrical measurements to design a new geophysical monitoring tool to characterize the damaged area surrounding a radioactive waste storage cell at the underground laboratory of the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA).
February - June 2017
Master graduation internship at the Earth Physics Institute of Strasbourg
At the Earth Physics Institute of Strasbourg (IPGS), I modeled the inter-seismic deformation field measured by GPS along the North Anatolian fault, using Bayesian inversion technique, to estimate the seismic hazard in this region.
July - August 2016
2nd year engineering school internship at the French Geological Survey
At the French Geological Survey (BRGM), I processed and analyzed borehole-geophysical logging data and compared them with TDEM profiles for a detailed study of water resources for the account of the Soudi Ministry of Water and Electricity (MOWE).
EDUCATION
January 2018 - March 2021
PHD STUDENT IN GEOSCIENCES
Institution: METIS laboratory, Sorbonne Université in Paris, France
Dissertation title: Development of geo-electrical methods to characterize dissolution and precipitation processes in a carbonate context
Advisor: Dr. Damien Jougnot
September 2016 - July 2017
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GEOPHYSICS
Institution: EOST, University of Strasbourg, France
September 2014 - December 2017
GEOPHYSICS ENGINEER
Institution: EOST, University of Strasbourg, France
FWO SENIOR
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
80 k€/year
Project: Monitoring PFAS contamination and its remediation in the subsurface from the pore to the field scale.
3-year grant starting in October 2024.
LABEX VOLTAIRE
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPP
45 k€/year
Project: Multi-scale geo-electrical monitoring to model reactive transport and multi-phase flow in the critical zone.
3-year grant starting in April 2021.
GOVERNMENTAL DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP
35 k€/year
Title: Development of geo-electrical methods to characterize dissolution and precipitation processes in a carbonate context
Granted from January 2018 through March 2021.
MOBILITY GRANT BETWEEN FRANCE AND BELGIUM
4 k€/year
Project: Linking pore- to field-scale clogging effects during carbon storage in deep saline aquifers: combining 3D X-ray
imaging and electrical monitoring.
2-year funding awarded in 2024.
METIS LABORATORY INTERNAL CALL FOR PROJECTS
3.5 k€
Project: Experimental setup improvement to monitor precipitation-dissolution processes in a carbonate medium
Funding received in 2020.
JURY AWARD FOR THE BEST PRESENTATION AT THE J²C.
Best oral presentation at the 4th young researchers' days (J²C) of Orléans hold in 2022.
IRIS INSTRUMENTS BEST ORAL
PRESENTATION AWARD
Young researcher's best oral presentation at the 11th conference of the French near surface geophysical network (GEOFCAN) hold in 2018.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
TECHNICAL SKILLS
LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS
self-potential and spectral induced polarization acquisition
pH, conductivity, and alkalinity
FIELD GEOPHYSICAL ACQUISITION WITH SEVERAL METHODS
electrical
electro-magnetic
seismic
SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
data analysis
numerical simulation
uncertainty quantification
inversion
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SOFTWARE PACKAGES
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CrunchFlow
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Eidors
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Fortran
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Matlab
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Python
LANGUAGES
FRENCH
Native
ENGLISH
Advanced
GERMAN
Intermediate
SOFT
SKILLS
CLEAR
COMMUNICATION
SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY
TEAM SPIRIT
CREATIVE THINKING
TIME MANAGEMENT
VOLUNTEERING AND HOBBIES
2020 - Today
REVIEWER ACTIVITIES IN
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Fractals
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Geochemica and Cosmochimica Acta
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Geophysical Journal International
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Geophysical Prospecting
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Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
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Surveys in Geophysics
May 2024
Evaluation committee member (Hcéres) of the Masters' degrees of the National Institute of Water (INE) of Abomey-Calavi University (Cotonou, Benin)
November 2023
Evaluation committee member (Hcéres) of the Djibouti Study and Research Center (CERD)
2021-2023
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Editor-in-chief of the ISTO research newsletter
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Co-organizer of the microfluidic group meetings at ISTO
2018-2020
Doctoral students' representative to the METIS laboratory council