PhDs

November 2019 - January 2023

Defended

Study of the biodegradation mechanisms of cementitious matrices: Application to asbestos cement waste

The process of biodegradation enables to reduce the mass of asbestos cement wastes through the dissolution of the cementitous matrix. A mass loss of 1...

November 2019 - July 2023

Defended

Etienne Le Glas’s PhD

Development of a new tracer in volcanology: stable isotopes of chlorine to quantify magmatic/ hydrothermal activity of volcanoes Closed conduits volc...

October 2019 - April 2023

Defended

Détection, Localisation and caracterisation of Very Low Frequency (VLF) events in the sismo-volcanic crisis in Mayotte (2018-2022)

Low frequency transient seismic signals are observed in volcanic context and reflects the dynamics of internal fluids inside the magmatic systems. Th...

October 2019 - July 2023

Defended

Ground deformation and earthquake dynamic rupture

The goal of this PhD work is to better understand the impact of the ground surface during the propagation of a seismic rupture, including in a context...

October 2019 - December 2022

Defended

Modeling soil reflectance as a function of water content

Soil moisture content (SMC) is a key variable at the Earth’s surface. Its estimation is essential in many fields such as agriculture, hydrology, clima...

October 2019 - April 2022

Defended

Seismo-tectonic study of the seismic sources detected by the InSight mission in the Elysium Planitia province, Mars

The InSight mission landed in the Elysium Planitia province on Mars on November 26th, 2018. Since February 2019, thanks to the deployment of the SEIS ...

October 2019 - December 2024

Defended

Seismological Monitoring of Calving Events in Greenland: A Machine Learning Approach.

Greenland and other polar regions are highly sensitive to global warming. The impact of climate change on Greenland's glaciers can be seen through an ...

October 2019 - January 2022

Defended

Subsurface structure of the Moon and Mars deduced from 10 3D seismic wave propagation simulation and analysis of 11 Apollo and InSight seismic data

One of the prime goals of planetary seismology is to determine the internal structure of a planet since that gives us critical constraints on its orig...

October 2019 - March 2023

Defended

Towards a dynamic view of slip along faults

Slip modes are various along a fault: rapid through an earthquake, steady slow at the tectonic plate velocity or as transient pulses, called slow slip...

October 2019

In progress

Tracking millenal-scale climate and environnemental change across eurasian loess

The cyclicity of glacial and interglacial conditions, triggered by variations in Earth’s orbital parameters (Milanković cycles), favor over mid-latitu...

September 2019 - April 2023

Defended

Seismic attenuation in the Martian lithosphere from InSight-SEIS data: separation and stratification of scattering and absorption processes

Since its deployment in 2019, the SEIS seismometer aboard NASA's InSight mission has recorded hundreds of Very High Frequency (VF; >1 Hz) seismic e...

September 2019 - December 2022

Defended

Spatio-temporal dynamics of the magmatic plumbing systems, towards an « early-warning clock ». Application to Dominica island (Lesser Antilles) and Kamchatka (Russia)

Volcanic eruptions are among the most devastating events on Earth. In a subduction context, eruptions generally involve differentiated magmas: after l...