Pierre Lanari

My Experience

I carry out fundamental research in computational petrology and geochemistry to understand metamorphic processes.

I obtained my PhD in Geology from the University of Grenoble in 2012. Working under the supervision of Dr Olivier Vidal, I developed thermodynamic models for low-grade metamorphic minerals, as well as software solutions for phase equilibrium modelling and thermodynamic data optimisation. I also used quantitative compositional mapping to study the geodynamic evolution of mountain ranges such as the Alps and the Himalayas, working under the supervision of Dr Stéphane Guillot, Prof Pierre Tricart and Dr Stéphane Schwarz.

In 2012, I moved to the University of Bern, first as a postdoc and then as an assistant in the petrology group of Prof Martin Engi. In 2015 I became lab manager of the EPMA lab and senior research assistant in the petrology group of Prof. Jörg Hermann.  I became an Assistant Professor and Head of the Computational Petrology & Geoschemistry Group in 2020.

Since August 2024, I have been an Associate Professor of Metamorphic Processes at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Lausanne. My research focuses on developing computational and analytical methods for understanding fundamental petrological problems such as the condition and rates of metamorphic processes.