Lausanne Metropolitan Area
Researcher investigating the morphological evolution of underwater environments (rivers, estuaries, shorelines). I hold a PhD in from the University of Bordeaux (CNRS/EPOC lab). Currently Marie Curie research fellow at the University of Auckland and the Danish Hydraulics Institute (DHI) in Copenhagen. Copenhagen & Lausanne, Switzerland. Key competencies : bedforms, sediment transport, morphodynamics, Machine Learning, numerical modeling, in-situ measurements, data analysis and statistics. Qualified for Associate professorship by the National Council of Universities (CNU).
-AI for costal science. -Shoreline and seabed morphodyamics. -Coastal environmental impact studies.
The research project DUNAMICS focuses on the study of subaqueous sand dunes by using a combination of innovative flume measurement techniques, numerical modelling approaches, Machine Learning and the analysis of high resolution in situ multibeam data sets. The main objectives of the research project are essentially to understand physical processes driving the seabed evolution under a range of environmental forcing conditions and implement a 3D forecasting tool of submarine dune migration to predict the seabed mobility at different time scales. There is an increasing need at the global scale for such a tool to anticipate on future potential hazards for structures laid on the seabed, especially to sustain the development of offshore decarbonated energies (wind turbines, wave farms, submarine cables ..) in line with the EU green transition agenda. This research project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101021848. Keywords : bedforms, tidal dunes, seabed mobility, flume experimentations, numerical modelling, in situ measurements, data analysis.
Two-years outgoing phase of the the research project DUNAMICS. This research project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101021848. Keywords : bedforms, tidal dunes, seabed mobility, flume experimentations, numerical modelling, in situ measurements, data analysis.
Numerical modeling of subaqueous sand dunes morphodynamic evolution -Sand bedform dynamics -Tidal inlet hydrodynamics -Sediment transport -Numerical modeling The dynamics of sand bedforms raise many important issues in coastal areas, for instance with regard to navigation, offshore renewable energy industry, sub-marine cables, buried objects ... Such features need to be integrated in numerical models as they generate an additional resistance to the flow and large eddies into their wake. To date the behavior of such bedforms is still unpredictable. The aim of my research is to implement a numerical model to reproduce the morphodynamic behavior of sand waves and provide a better insight into the physical processes driving their evolution. Also, in-situ measurements in the Arcachon inlet were carried out to measure the short and long term dynamics of a subtidal dune field.
Project manager / Project engineer at coastal and estuarine dynamics departement. Projects worldwide in coastal enginering related projects. Key's competences in coastal engineering related fields -Coastal and estuarine dynamics -Coastal erosion -Coastal flooding -Coastal managment and planning -Environmental Impact studies Technical competences -Numerical modelling -Hydrodynamics modelling in 2D and 3D -Wave modelling -Sediment transport (sand and mud) -Spill modelling (dredging operations, pollution, water renewal) -Coastal hydraulics (storm surge, waves, tides) Projects in Europe (France,UK,Dk), Middle East, South America, Africa. During my time at DHI I worked as a Project manager/Coastal engineer at DHI headquarters in Danemark and was involved in a broad range of studies in the coastal engineering field. Managing these projects required a high sense of communication, team working abilities but also specific knowledge in coastal engineering related disciplines as coastal and estuarine dynamics, wave mechanics, sediment transport and numerical modelling for example. In my everyday work, I had the opportunity to use state of the art models developped by DHI in my field (MIKE 21/3 HD, SW, ST and MT, LITPACK). The size of the projects varied from small localized studies to international projects towards our network of offices. Specialties : Coastal managment, coastal flooding, coastal erosion, sediment transport, cohesive and non cohesive, wave mechanics, hydraulics, numerical modelling, water quality