Providing excellence in research and teaching
Professional Preparation
2006 - Ph.D. Geology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Thesis title: The evolution of the Urgonian platform in the Western Swiss Jura realm and its interactions with palaeoclimatic and palaeoceanographic change along the Northern Tethyan Margin (Hauterivian – earliest Aptian)
Supervisor : Prof. Karl B. Föllmi (University of Lausanne, Switzerland).
2002 - M.S. Sedimentology, University of Lille I, France.
Thesis title: Sedimentary record of volcanic activity in the middle to late Turonian of the Paris Basin.
Supervisor: Prof. Jean-François Deconinck (University of Dijon, France).
2001 - B.S. Earth Science, University of Montpellier II, France.
1999 - Associate Degree in Earth Sciences, University of Perpignan, France.
1997 - High school diploma, major in Mathematics, François Arago high school, Perpignan, France.
Appointments
2019 - present: Associate Professor, Dpt of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Teaching to undergraduate and graduate students (see Teaching for a list of courses offered), research on carbonate rocks diagenesis and sedimentology, paleoenvironmental crisis affecting shallow marine ecosystems (Research Projects), manager of the Sedimentary Geochemistry and Mineralogy laboratory at UTSA (Facilities).
2013 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Dpt of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Teaching to undergraduate and graduate students (see Teaching for a list of courses offered), research on carbonate rocks diagenesis and sedimentology, paleoenvironmental crisis affecting shallow marine ecosystems (Research Projects), manager of the Sedimentary Geochemistry and Mineralogy laboratory at UTSA (Facilities).
2010-2013: Posdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Teaching (carbonate microfacies and sequence stratigraphy, stratigraphy and sedimentology) and supervision (field and laboratory: optical microscopy, cathodoluminescence, X-ray diffraction) for bachelor and master students, fieldtrip organization (Vercors, Morocco), personal research and publication on the diagenesis and significance of Cretaceous drowning surfaces from the Swiss Alps and Jura.
2007-2010: Petroleum Geologist, Neftex Petroleum Consultants ltd., Abingdon, United Kingdom.
Petroleum geologist in the North Africa - Middle East team (sequential interpretation and synthesis of surface and subsurface data, assessing the petroleum potential of the study area; Jan.2007-Apr.2008), regional team leader Africa-Arabia (quality control and supervision of a team of eight members; Apr. 2008-May 2009), functional team leader Global Stratigraphy (scientific control and development; May 2009-Dec. 2009).
2002-2007: Teaching Assistant, Institute of Geology and Hydrogeology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Teaching for bachelor students (sedimentology, carbonate microfacies, sequence stratigraphy), fieldtrip organisation, personal research and publication (biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of Urgonian limestones from the western Swiss Jura).