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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Researches focus on

• Environmental sedimentology, geochemistry and chronology of lake and reservoir sediments (Lakes Geneva, Lugano, Annecy and Nantua (F), Babeni (RO), … and the anthropogenic impacts
• Transport of contaminants in lakes using natural radioactive surrogates
• Role of colloids in the transport of hydrophobic contaminants (mainly trace metals)

Manager of the environmental radioactivity and particle and colloid grain-size laboratories at the Institut F.-A. Forel

MSc course Introduction to System Analysis for the master in environmental sciences
MSc course Environmental modelling for the master in environmental sciences
MSc course Structure and functioning of aquatic systems for the master in environmental sciences
MSc course Environmental radioactivity (with Dr C. Degueldre)
MSc practical training Sediments and contaminants for the master in environmental sciences
MSc practical training Analysis of a watershed, Piora valley (TI) for the master in environmental sciences
Participation to various courses on aquatic systems at the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ to Geneva and Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL)
Management of the diploma in natural environmental sciences of the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne (1993-2007)
Direction of master and PhD theses on aquatic ecosystems
ERASMUS coordinator for environmental sciences at the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Panel Member

• Swiss Commission for Oceanography and Limnology, treasurer, (Swiss Academy of Sciences) (2000 - present)
• Scientific committee of the (Commission Internationale pour la protection des eaux du Léman) (2011- present)
• Member of the Federal Commission for Protection against radiations and radioactivity monitoring (2013-present)
• Evaluation panel of SCOPES (SNF) projects (2011-2013)
• (2003-2005)

Scientific Expertises

• monitoring of radioactive releases in aquatic environments (1999 – present)
• (Geneva) (2007, 2010)

Reviewer for scientific journals

Applied Geochemistry, Aquatic Geochemistry, Aquatic Sciences, Archives des Sciences, Catena, Environmental Chemistry Letters, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Research, Environmental Sciences and Technology, Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Lakes and Reservoirs, Sedimentology, Water Research

RECENT AND CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

As Principal Investigator

• Water Dynamics and Contaminant Transfer Processes from the Shallow to the Deep Waters of a Mid-sized Lake (2009 – 2012) SNF ProDoc program PDFMP2-123034
• NEAR 4 - Network for environmental assessment and remediation in aquatic systems: towards excellence in teaching and research (2010-2012) SNF SCOPES IZ74Z0_128141
• Characterization of the surface sediment heterogeneity in the Bay of Vidy and its relation to methylmercury concentrations (2011-2012) éLEMO project (MIR submersibles)

As Co-applicant

• : Sediment fate in a changing watershed during the Anthropocene (FNS Singergia project leaded by Prof. F. Schlunegger, 2013-2017)
• MERCURO: Mercury threat in industrially impacted surface water bodies in Romania – integrated approach (2013-2015, IZERZO_142228/1)
• Investigation of sediment and pollutant transport from the Vidy bay into the deep lake (2011-2012) éLEMO project (MIR submersibles)
• MOBESENS – Mobile Water Quality Sensor Systems (2009-2011), Project no.223975
• (2007-2010) SNF 200021-115915)

AFFILIATIONS

Scientific associations

Swiss Geological Society, Swiss Society for Hydrology and Limnology, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Société Académique de Genève, Société de physique et d’histoire naturelle (Genève)

NGOs

Pro Natura, Nos Oiseaux, Groupe ornithologique du bassin genevois (GOBG), Association suisse pour la protection des oiseaux (ASPO)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Music (piano), photography, bird watching, downhill skiing