Earth scientist – University of Lausanne

Pierre Lanari

I am a multidisciplinary geoscientist, Associate Professor and Head of the Metamorphic Processes Group at the Institute of Earth Sciences within the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment at the University of Lausanne.

This website contains research material such as papers and links to computer programs I have developed.

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My Experience

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

I obtained my PhD in Geology from the University of Grenoble in 2012. My work focused on the development of thermodynamic models for low-grade metamorphic minerals and the application of quantitative compositional mapping to the study of the geodynamic evolution of mountain belts, such as the Alps and the Himalayas. My supervisors were Olivier Vidal and Stephane 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. Since 2020 I am Assistant Professor and Head of the Computational Petrology & Geoschemistry Group.

I am currently Associate Professor of Metamorphic Processes at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Lausanne.

University of Lausanne

Associate Professor

Leader of the research group Metamorphic Processes

Since 2024

University of Bern

Assistant Professor

Leader of the research group Computational Petrology

Since 2020

University of Bern

Senior Research Scientist

Oberassistant in Petrology 

2018-2020

University of Bern

Research scientist

Postdoc and Assistant in Petrology. EPMA Lab Manager since 2015

2012-2018

University of Grenoble

Teaching Assistant

Petrology and Structural Geology

2009-2012

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A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

Frank Herbert, Dune

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my Skills

My recent achievements include the development of computational tools and thermodynamic models that underpin process-oriented studies to deepen our understanding of complex metamorphic systems.

  • Thermodynamics
  • Compositional Mapping
  • Petrochronology
  • Artificial intelligence

Thermodynamics

  • Bingo-Antidote
  • GrtMod
  • Database optimisation
  • Oxygen isotopes modeling

Compositional mapping

  • XMapTools
  • Classification
  • Calibration
  • Data vizualisation

Petrochronology

  • Thermobarometry
  • Mineral dating
  • Subduction Zones
  • Barovian Metamorphism

Artificial intelligence

  • Machine learning
  • Classification
  • Neural network
  • Deep learning

Selection of software, databases & programs