CV

Experiences

  • Geomechanics senior special in Exploration at TotalEnergies   (2023-2026)
  • Geomechanics senior special in Drilling at TotalEnergies  (2017-2021)
  • Geomechanics senior special in Geosciences and Reservoir at TotalEnergies  (2013-2017)
  • Research Engineer, Shell Research (K.S.E.P.L.), The Netherlands (1988-1994)

Degrees

  • Habilitation, Solid mechanics & geology, Université de Metz, France, Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Brown University, Providence, R.I. (USA) 1988
  • M.Sc., Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, R.I. (USA)  1987
  • M.Sc.A., Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada  1984
  • D.I.C. Civil Engineering, Imperial College of London, England  1981
  • Ing. E.H.E.I. Ecole des Hautes Etudes Industrielles (Lille), France 1981

teaching

  • TotalEnergies visiting Professor at Imperial College, Earth Science & Engineering  (2021 – 2023)
  • Senior visiting Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics (GUCAS, Beijing) (2011-2014)
  • Professor (part time) at the Ecole Centrale Paris, France, in charge of the teaching “Energies Fossiles” to the third year students (2010-2013)
  • Faculty, Mechanics Department at Ecole Polytechnique, France      (1997-2010, on leave 2003-2004)
  • Clark B. Millikan Visiting Professor of Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. California, USA   (2003-04)
  • Adjunct Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (2001)

Activities

  • Research Director, Laboratoire de Géologie, Ecole Normale Supérieur, Paris, France    (2004-2013)
  • Research Director, L.M.S., Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France  (2001-2003)
  • “Chargée de Recherche”, L.M.S., Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France ( 1995-2001)

Courses & Talks