PhDs
October 2016 - December 2019
Defended
Kinematics of active deformation of the Western Kunlun Range (Xinjiang, China): implications for potential seismic hazards
By combining structural geology and geomorphology, this PhD project aimed at quantifying the rates and loci of active deformation across the Western K...
September 2016 - January 2020
Defended
Observations and modeling of the seismic rupture development based on the analysis of source time functions
Our knowledge of earthquake source physics, giving rise to events of very different magnitudes, requires observations of a large population of earthqu...
September 2016 - December 2021
Defended
Entropic Unbalanced Optimal Transport: Application to Full-Waveform Inversion and Numerical Illustration Miao Yu (1)
Seismic tomography aims at inferring physical properties and reconstructing quantitatively the “model”, i.e. structures of the Earth interior, from th...
September 2016 - June 2020
Defended
Influence of the alteration of (ultra)mafic rocks on the diversity and adaptation of associated microbial communities
The subsurface is considered as the largest habitat on Earth hosting the majority of microbial biomass and species diversity. The oceanic crust consti...
October 2015 - November 2018
Defended
Planetary applications of atmospheric seismology: Signals from the Martian turbulent atmosphere and observation perspectives in Venus’ ionosphere
Space missions to other planets of our solar system greatly improved our understanding of their geology, atmospheres and magnetic and gravity fields. H...
September 2015 - January 2019
Defended
Role of reactive oxygen species and bacterial exopolymeric substances in manganese biomineralization
The aim of this PhD project was to determine what are the local physico-chemical factors that trigger the precipitation of manganese in biofilms using...