Curriculum Vitae

Jean-Philippe Avouac
Born October 23, 1963
France

Academic Preparation

1987                Master Degree, Engineering                          Ecole Polytechnique
1991                PhD, Geology                                              Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris 
1992                Habilitation à diriger des recherches              Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris          

Professional Appointments

2004-present: Director of Caltech Tectonics Observatory.
2003-present: Professor of Geology, Caltech.
1996-2002: Chef de Laboratoire, Laboratoire de Télédétection et Risque Sismique, CEA.
1991-1996 : Ingénieur, Laboratoire de Géophysique, CEA, France

Honors and Award

Humboldt Award for a senior U.S. Scientist, 2010 (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation).
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for JGR-Solid Earth, 2008.
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for JGR-Solid Earth, 2007.
Birch Lecture, AGU, 2007
Geol. Soc. of America  Best Paper Award,  2003, awarded to ‘Active folding of fluvial terraces across the Siwaliks Hills, Himalayas of central Nepal’ (Lave an Avouac, 2000).
E. A. Flinn Award, awarded by the International Lithosphere Program, 1993.

Synergistic Activities

(a) Scientific Committees
- Member of the steering Committee  of the Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes and Tectonics  (COMET), NERC, UK,  since 2002.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute of Earth Sciences, Taiwan, (2002, 2005, 2007).
- Former member of a number of scientific committees in France (e.g.:  Comité des Programmes Scientifiques du Centre National d’Etude Spatial (CNES); President of the advising committee for research on Natural Hazard, ‘ACI catastrophe Naturelles,  Ministère de la Recherche;…).

 (b) Contribution to public education and outreach
- Interviews  (France Inter, France Info, Arte, Berkeley Groks, Korea TV, TV5, TF1, Le Monde Le Figaro, Pasadena Star News, Earthsky, Discovery Channel, CBC,…)
- Participation to the BBC film “On the roof of the World” (“Earth Story” series), 1998.
- Coordination of a collective book: “Himalaya-Tibet : le choc des continents”, Ed. CNRS-Museum d’Histoires Naturelles, 2002.

Collaborators and other affiliations
Main collaborators
Yu-Gau Chen (NTU, Taiwan), Yu-Chan Chang (IES, Academia Sinica, Taiwan), Wang Shengli (Nanjing University, China), Ashok Singvhi (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India), Sudhir Tajaure (DMG, Nepal), Som Sapkota (DMG Nepal), Madhab R, Pandey (DMG, Nepal),  Stuart Gilder ( Munich, Germany), Evgenii Burov (Paris VI universite), Hugo Perfettini (IRD, France, IGP, Peru), Yan Chen (Orleans University, France), Rodolphe Cattin (ENS, France), Olivier Beyssac (ENS, France), Remi Michel (CEA, DASE, France), Evgenii Burov (Paris, France); Bruno Goffe (ENS); Mark Harrisson (ANU, Australia); Pierre Henry (CEREGE, France); Mark Simons (Caltech), Kerry Sieh (Caltech), Don Helmberger (Caltech), Ken Farley (Caltech).

Mentoring
PhD Students (advised and co-advised) :
Thomas Ader (2009 - present), Marion Thomas (2009 - present), Nina Lin (2008-present), Steve Kidder (2006 - present), Sebastien Leprince (2003-2008), Ozgun Konca (2004-2008), Pierre Bettinelli (2002-2007); Beatrice Puyssegur (2002-2006); Martine Simoes (2002-2005); Laurent Bollinger (1998-2002); Blanche Poisson (1998-2002) ; Yann Klinger (1994-1998); Jérôme Lavé, (1993-1997); Rémi Michel, (1993-1997); Benoit Lorne, (1993-1996), Remi Michel (1993 - 1997).

PhD Advisor
Paul Tapponnier (IPGP, Paris, France)

Post Doc (advised and co-advised)
Total number of postdoctoral scholars advised: 10 in the past, 3 currently.
Current: James Hollingsworth, Nadaya Cubas, and Sylvain Barbot
Past: Anthony Sladen (2007 - 2010), Itai Haviv (2008 - 2010), Alex Copley (2009 - 2010), Mohammed Chlieh (2004-2007), Mathieu Daeron(2005-2005), Frederick Herman (2005-2007), Hugo Perfettini (2002-2003); Stéphane Dominguez (2000-2001); Rodolphe Cattin (1998-1999); Jean-Bernard de Chaballier (1995-1996)

Publications/Patents

~100 publications in peer reviewed jourmals.
2 patents (Image processing)

Last updated 9/17/2010