Inverse theory
Advanced processing of seismic data using machine learning
(Numerical) wave propagation in complex media
Full waveform inversion
Thermo-chemical interpretation of seismic tomography
Earthquake sources
Seismic interferometry
Degrees
2001: Habilitation, Strasbourg University, Dissertation:
Understanding and interpreting seismic tomography
1990: PhD (distinction), Strasbourg University,
Dissertation: Borehole seismology and tomography,
Supervisor: Michel Cara
Professional Experience
2004 - present : Professor of Geophysics, Utrecht University
2000 - 2000: Visiting professor, Ecole Normale de Lyon
1996 - 2004: Associate professor, Utrecht University
1993 - 1996: Physicien adjoint, Strasbourg University
1990 - 1993: Marie Curie Fellow, Oxford University
1987 - 1990: Research and teaching assistant, Strasbourg
University
Service Past and Present
2021 - 2023: Chairman of the earth sciences section and
member of the board of the natural and technical sciences
domain of The Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019 - present: Member of the Board of Governors, Luxembourg University
2019 - 2021: Chairman of GEO*8
2015 - 2021: ERC panel
member and chairman
2014 - 2016: Member of the board of the Earth and Life
Sciences Section (ALW) of the Dutch National Science
Foundation (NWO)
2012 - 2018: Member of the scientific council of ECGS,
Luxembourg
2012 - 2017: Member of the programme committee
‘Computational sciences for energy research’ FOM-Shell
2011 - 2011: Member of the proposal committee, Equipment
d’Excellence, ANR, France
2010 - 2012: Member of the selection committee, Institut
Universitaire de France
2009 - 2015: Director of Research, Department of Earth
Sciences, Utrecht University
2009 - 2012: Member of the research strategy committee of
Utrecht University
2009 - 2014: Member of the computational science committee
at the Lorentz Center
2004 - 2011: Member of the science proposal committee,
Utrecht University
2004 - 2005: Member of the 'Deep Earth Research' proposal
committee, CNRS, France
1998 - 2011: Member and chairman of various proposal
committees, NWO-ALW
1996 - 2024: NARS project manager, Department of Earth
Sciences, Utrecht University
1993 - 1994: GEOSCOPE, Strasbourg site manager
Conference Organisation
2021: Scientific organiser of a minisymposium on “Challenges
in full waveform inversion” at the SIAM
Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in
the Geosciences (GS21)
2011: Scientific organiser of the Lorentz
Center workshop on uncertainty in geophysical inverse
problems
2009: Scientific and local organiser of the 2nd ORFEUS
workshop on seismic tomography
2008: Scientific and local organiser of the 1st ORFEUS
workshop on waveform inversion
Regular session organiser at international meetings
Editorial Work
2009 - 2015: Editor-in-Chief, Geophysical Journal
International
2004 - 2009: Editor, Geophysical Journal International
2004 - 2005: Co-editor ‘Earth’s Deep Mantle: Structure,
Composition and Evolution’ Geophysical Monograph 160,
American Geophysical Union
1997 - 2001: Associate editor, Terra Nova
