My Experience

[3] Jonas Vanardois – University of Lausanne; 2024-now

[2] Thorsten Markmann – University of Bern; 2024-2025, now Postdoc at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

[1] Jacob Forshaw – University of Bern; 2021-2024, now Postdoc at the University of British-Columbia, Canada.

[23] Sébastien König (co-supervisor (50%), University of Lausanne, 2025-2030) – New applications of splitstream LA-ICP-MS. 

[22] Philip Hartmeier (supervisor, University of Lausanne, 2025-2030) – Optimisation of thermodynamic databases using AI as well as experimental and natural data.

[21] Noralinde de Leijer (supervisor, University of Lausanne; 2024-2029) – Volatiles budget and mineral composition systematics in metapelitic field gradients under crustal conditions.

[20] Lucas Tesser (co-supervisor (30%), University of São Paulo;  1-year stay at University of Lausanne) – Trace elements distribution in garnet at the amphibolite-migmatite transition.

[19] Paulo Paiva-Silva (co-supervisor (30%), Federal University of Minas Gerais; 2023-2027) – Fluid-rock interaction processes in the Raspas ophiolite.

[18] Nils Gies (co-supervisor (30%), University of Bern; 2021-2025) – Incorporation of hydrogen in metamorphic clinopyroxene.

[17] Thorsten Markmann (supervisor, University of Bern; 2020-2024) – Petrochronology of fluid-rock interaction processes with application to the Alps and the Cyclades.

[16] Hugo Dominguez Carranza (supervisor, University of Bern; 2020-2024) – Simulation of reactive multi-phase fluid flows in medium to high-grade metamorphic terranes.

[15] Jiahui Liu (co-supervisor (35%), University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; 1-year stay at University of Bern) – High-temperature metamorphism in the Fuping area of the Trans-North China Orogen.

[14] Qian Zhang (co-supervisor (35%), University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; 1-year stay at University of Bern) – Titanite petrochronology in HP mafic granulites of the Dunhuang orogenic belt in China

[13] Julien Reynes (co-supervisor (30%), University of Bern; 2016-2020) – Incorporation of hydrogen in metamorphic garnet.

[12] Alice Vho (co-supervisor (50%), University of Bern; 2016-2020) – Tracing the invisible fluid paths in the crust using forward oxygen modelling and an internally-consistent database (Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Italy).

[11] Thomas Bovay (co-supervisor * (30%), University of Bern; 2016-2021) – Tracing fluid paths in oceanic crust during Alpine subduction (Zermatt-Saas Zone).

[10] Angel Santamaria Lopez (co-supervisor * (30%, 4 months stay at the University of Bern), University of Malaga; 2014-2018) – tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Nevado-Filabride complex (Betic, Spain).

[9] Valentin Laurent (co-supervisor * (30%), Université d’Orléans; 2013-2017) – Strain localization in high-pressure low-temperature shear zones and the argon isotopic record.

[8] Mahyra Tedeschi (co-supervisor * (33%), Univ. Minas Gérais & Univ. Bern; 2014-2017) – Unravelling P-T-t evolution of the southern Brasilia Origen.

[7] Laura Airaghi (co-supervisor * (50%), Univ. Grenoble; 2014-2017) – The importance of geological inheritance in the short term/long term deformation and in the thickening of the Eastern border of Tibetan plateau.

[6] Camille Litty (co-supervisor * (20%), Univ. Bern; 2013-2017) – Erosional mechanisms and fluvial sediment transport in the Western Peruvian Andes.

[5] Marco Burn (co-supervisor (50%), Univ. Bern; 2012-2016) – LA-ICP-QMS Th-U/Pb allanite dating: methods and applications.

[4] Chloé Loury (co-supervisor * (33%), Univ. Nice; 2013-2016) – Palezoic structuration of the Tianshan range and and role of tectonic inheritance (Kyrgyzstan).

[3] Francesco Guintoli (co-supervisor * (33%), Univ. Bern; 2011-2015) – P-T-t-d evolution of the Sesia Zone (Aosta Valley, Westen Alps).

[2] Barbara Kunz (co-supervisor (20%), Univ Bern; 2011-2016) – Petrochronological evolution of the lower continental crust fragments of the Sesia Zone.

[1] Vincent Trincal (co-supervisor * (20%), Univ. Franche-Comté; 2011-2014). Fluid-rock interaction in greenschist facies faults.

[18] Nathan Mäder (supervisor, University of Bern, Bachelor thesis (2023-2024) – Modeling cation diffusion in garnet in 3D.

[17] Catarina da Paz (co-supervisor (50%, 4 months stay at the University of Bern), Bachelor thesis, University of São Paulo, 2023) – Iterative Thermodynamic Modeling for the investigation of migmatites (Liberdade Nappe, Andrelândia Terrain, Brazil).

[16] Aiyana Diwa (supervisor, University of Bern, Bachelor thesis (2022-2023) – Comparisons of metapelites from the contact aureole at Nelson Batholith, British Columbia in a prograding sequence.

[15] Philip Hartmeier (supervisor, University of Bern, Master thesis, 2022-2024) – Application of artificial intelligence in petrology and geochemistry.

[14] Philip Hartmeier (supervisor, University of Bern, Bachelor thesis, 2021-2022) – Classification of garnet shape in 3D using convolutional neural networks.

[13] Julia Dietrich (supervisor, University of Bern, Bachelor thesis, 2020-2021) – Grain size distribution of garnet in metasediments from the Central Alps.

[12] Maria Thereza A. G. Yogi (co-supervisor (50%, 6 months stay at the University of Bern), Master thesis, University of São Paulo, 2018-2019) – Petrochronological approach for constraining P–T–D–t paths in mylonitic metapelites from Votuverava Group.

[11] Silvia Lomonte (co-supervisor (50%), 3 weeks stay at the University of Bern), Master thesis, Pisa 2017-2017) – Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Massa Unit: an integrated approach (N-Apennines, Italy).

[10] Inès Naïr (co-supervisor (25%), Master 2 thesis, Orléans 2016) – Tectonometamorphic evolution of a fossilized subduction channel: Insights from a multi- thermobarometry approach (Cycladic Blueschist Unit, Syros, Greece).

[9] Simon Hafner (co-supervisor (33%), Master thesis, Bern 2016) – The thermal peak in metamorphic black shales: Gradients in the Valaisan units and contrast to tectonic neighbours.

[8] Aude Verly (co-supervisor (50%), Master 2 thesis, Grenoble 2015) – Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Alpine continental subduction (Acceglio, Western Alps).

[7] Rahel Baumann (co-supervisor (30%), Bachelor thesis, Bern 2015) – Zwischen Hammer und Amboss: Wie gerieten die schwarzen Schiefer um Brig zwischen den penninischen Deckenstappel und das Aar-Massiv?

[6] Aude Verly (co-supervisor (33%), Master 1 thesis, Grenoble 2014) – Pre-collision structural and metamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais sedimentary cover (Montgenèvre, Western Alps).

[5] Chloé Loury (co-supervisor (33%), Master 2 thesis, Nice 2013) – HP metamorphism in Atbashi range (South Tianshan, Kyrgyzstan): evidence for eclogites exhumation in a sedimentary subduction channel.

[4] Valentin Nigg (co-supervisor (25%), Bachelor thesis, Bern 2013) – Rb-Sr analyses of carbonates (internal zone, central Alps).

[3] Stefanie Diener (co-supervisor (25%), Bachelor thesis, Bern, 2013) – Petrological study of magmatic intrusions using microprobe X-ray images (Central Alps).

[2] Blandine Gardonio (supervisor (100%), Master 1 thesis, Grenoble, 2012) – P-T estimate in chloritoid-grade metasediments using a multi-equilibrium approach and X-ray images.

[1] Félix Bernier (co-supervisor (50%), Master 1 thesis, Grenoble, 2011) – Chlorite-mica-chloritoid equilibria in green-schist facies metasediments (Urseren outcrop, Central Alps).

Editorial

Editor of Journal of Petrology (2025-present), Associate Editor of European Journal of Mineralogy (2025-present), Computers & Geosciences (2018-2024).

Guest co-editor & author: Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2016-2017); Special publication of the Geological Society of London (2017-2019).

Research Evaluation

Reviewer for 25+ international scientific journals (alphabetic order): American Mineralogist; Applied Computing and Geosciences; Applied Geochemistry; Chemical Geology; Clay Minerals; Computers and Geosciences; Comptes Rendus Geoscience ; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Geological Journal; Geological Society of London, Special Publications; Geology; Geoscience Frontiers; Geoscientific Model Development; Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research; International Journal of Physical Sciences; JGR Machine Learning and Computation; Journal of Geodynamics; Journal of Metamorphic Geology; Journal of Petrology; Lithos; Lithosphere; Mineralogical Magazine; Mineralogia; Minerals; Reviews in Mineralogy and Petrology; Tectonophysics; The Journal of Open Source Software; Treatise on Geochemistry.

Evaluation boards: SNFS panel member for funding scheme Postdoc.Mobility (2022-present); Referee panel member for the Research Council of Norway (2024-present).

Reviewer for funding agencies (alphabetic order): ANR (France); INSU (CNRS, France); SNFS (Switzerland); DFG (Germany); ERC (Europe); FWF (Austria).

Societies & Awards

2017-2019: Early Career Scientist co-representative and webmaster of GMPV division (EGU).

2019-now: Société Française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie (SFMC) Officer (vice secretary).

2016-2019: Member of the scientific board and member of the evaluation committee Haüy-Lacroix medal of the SFMC

2023-2024: President of the Haüy-Lacroix medal evaluation committee of the SFMC.

2025:  Barrow Award Judge for the Metamorphic Studies Group.

Workshops

2013-2019: Founder, main organizer and teacher for the international workshop and short course series “PETROCHRO” with ten events: Nice, Potsdam, Bern, Vienna, Seattle, Belo Horizonte, Boston, Sète, Potsdam, Barcelona. 


2021: Co-organizer of the e-workshop Phase equilibrium modelling.

Conferences

2014-now: Session(s) organizer at EGU: 2014, 2015, 2016 (2), 2017, 2018; 2023 AGU: 2014; GSA: 2017; Goldschmidt: 2018; IAMG: 2022.

2024: Main organizer with Daniela Rubatto of the Granulites & Granulites conference.

Others

2022-2024: Member of the DEI group at the Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern.

2024-now: Vice-president of GEODES (Geosciences Diversity and Equality Switzerland).

2025: University of Toulouse, University of Rennes, University of Graz

2024: MSG-meeting (medal talk); University Clermont-Auvergne; University Grenoble-Alps; University of Lausanne; University of Oslo.

2023: University of Turin; Sorbonne University; Goldschmidt (Lyon); 2023 Annual Meeting of China Geoscience Electron Probe Microanalysis Technology Platform (keynote).

2022: Journées SFMC (Lille, keynote); UNIL Lausanne; International Eclogite Conference 14 (Lyon).

2021: Petrochronics talk (online); MSG-meeting (keynote).

2019: University of Geneva; EMAS conference (Trondheim, Norway, keynote); EGU conference (Vienna).

2018: Syracuse University; University of Mainz; University of Bern; ETH Zurich.

2017: University of Montpellier; EGU-2017 Vienna; Geosciences: a tool in a changing world, Pisa-2017 (keynote).

2016: American Museum of Science (NY).

2015: ETH Zurich; University of Orléans; University of Kiel; University of Bern.

2014: UNIL Lausanne; University of Bern; ISTerre Grenoble; University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis.

2013: University Franche-Comté (Besançon); SFMC Paris.

2012: University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis; University of Jean-Monnet (Saint-Étienne).