Institute: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris / CNRS
Title: Senior Scientist at CNRS
Country/Region: France
Period: 2024/9/1-2025/2/15
Theme: Earthquake nucleation: from the laboratory to the field
Host: Aïtaro KATO
Introduction: Dr. Alexandre Schubnel received his Masters and PhD. in Geophysics from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in 1999 and 2003 respectively. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto (2003-2006), he was appointed as a junior scientist at CNRS in 2006. He is currently a senior scientist at CNRS, the department head at the Laboratoire de Géologie of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris and the editor in chief of the Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. His research focuses on rock and fracture mechanics, mixing experimental and theoretical approaches, in order to better understand the physics of earthquake processes.
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