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May 97 |
Ph.D., Geology, Université catholique de
Louvain (UCL), Belgium. |
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June 87 |
Master of Natural Applied Sciences, UCL, Belgium. |
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Sept 85 |
Bachelor of Science, Physical Geography, UCL,
Belgium.. |
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from 98 |
Senior Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, USA.
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97-98 |
Research assistant at Department of Geography and Geology, UCL, Belgium.
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90-96 |
Assistant lecturer at Department of Geography and Geology, UCL, Belgium. - prepared and delivered practicals; |
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87-90 |
Research assistant at dept. of Geography and Geology and dept. of Archaeology, UCL. - Research topic: Characterization of ancient ceramics. |
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Perren B., Bradley R. & Francus P. Rapid lacustrine response to recent High Arctic warming: a diatom record from Sawtooth Lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. Accepted with moderate-minor revisions in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. |
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Francus P., Keimig F. & Besonen M. 2002. An algorithm to aid varves counting and measurement from thin-sections. Journal of Paleolimnology, 28, 2: 283-286. |
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Francus P., Bradley R., Abbott M., Keimig F. & Patridge W., 2002. Paleoclimate studies of minerogenic sediments using annually resolved textural parameters. Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 20, 1998, doi:10.1029/2002GL015082 |
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Ojala A. & Francus P., 2002. Comparing X-ray densitometry and image analysis of thin-sections in varved sediments. Boreas, 31, 57-64. |
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Francus P. & Asikainen C., 2001. Sub-sampling unconsolidated sediments: a solution for the preparation of undisturbed thin-sections from clay-rich sediments. Journal of Paleolimnology, 26: 323-326. |
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Francus P., 2001. Quantification of bioturbation in hemipelagic sediments via thin-sections image analysis. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 71, 3, 501-507. |
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Francus P. & Karabanov E., 2000. A computer-assisted thin-section study of lake Baikal sediments: a tool for understanding sedimentary processes and deciphering their climatic signal. International Journal of Earth Sciences, Geologische Rundschau, 89, 2, 260-267. |
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Francus P., 1999. Using image analysis to estimate quantitatively some microstructural parameters of detrital sediments. Geologica Belgica, 2/3-4, 173-180. (published in 2000). |
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Francus P. & Saarinen T., 1999. Advances in varved sediment studies help paleoclimate reconstructions. Eos, Transaction American Geophysical Union, 80, 37: 422-424. |
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Francus P., 1998. An image analysis technique to measure grain-size variation in thin sections of soft clastic sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 121: 289-298. |
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Leroy S., Giralt S., Francus P. & Seret G., 1996. The high sensitivity of the palynological record in the Vico maar lacustrine sequence (Latium, Italy) highlights the climatic gradient through Europe for the last 90 ka. Quaternary Sciences Reviews, 15, 2-3: 189-201. |
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Francus P., Leroy S., Mergeai I., Seret G. & Wansard G., 1993. A multidisciplinary study of Vico maar sequence (Latium, Italy): Part of the last climate cycle in the Mediterranean area. Preliminary results. in: Negendank J. & Zolitschka B. (eds.) 'Palaeolimnology of European maar lakes', Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, Springer Verlag 49: 289-304. |
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Francus P. (Editor). Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments', book to be published in Kluwer's book series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research. |
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Francus P., Thurow J. & Bradley R. An introduction to Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments. In: Francus P. (Editor), 'Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments', Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. |
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Nederbragt A., Francus P., Bollmann J. & Soreghan M. Image calibration, filtering and processing. In: Francus P. (Editor), 'Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments', Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. |
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Francus P. & Pirard E. Errors in Image analysis. In: Francus P. (Editor), 'Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments', Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. |
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Soreghan M. & Francus P. BSE thin-sections studies. In: Francus P. (Editor), 'Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments', Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. |
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Giralt S., Pares J., Francus P. & Seret G. Ultra-high resolution record of the geomagnetic field across the bottom Olduvai transition in an annually laminated lacustrine sequence (Nogaret, SE France). |
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Francus P. & Patridge W. Recent sedimentation processes in a High Arctic Lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. |
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Mergeai I., Francus P. & Wansard G. A multidisciplinary study of the Vico maar sequence: paleoenvironmental reconstruction from isotopic stage 4 till stage 2. |
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Francus P., Patridge W., Hardy D., Abbott M., Bradley R., Finney B., Lewis T., Perren B. & Stoner J . 2001. Preliminary Results from Three Lakes From Ellesmere Island, Nunavut: Sawtooth, Tuborg and Murray. Arctic Forum 2001. The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), Fairbanks, AK: 32-33. |
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Francus P. & Saarinen T., 1999. Advances in varved sediment studies help paleoclimate reconstructions. Earth in Space, 12, 3: 3-5. |
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Francus P., Perren B., Hardy D., Abbott M., Bradley R. & Braun C. 1999. Canadian High Arctic paleoclimatic reconstruction: preliminary data from the laminated sediments of Sawtooth Lake. Arctic Forum 1999. The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), Fairbanks, AK, 87 pp. |
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Francus P., Perren B., Bradley R., Abbott M., Braun C., Hardy D., Patridge W. & Retelle M., 1999. High resolution lake sediment studies for paleoclimatic reconstruction in the Canadian high Arctic. Paleotimes, VII: 35-37. |
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Francus P., 1997. Contribution de la microsédimentologie assistée par analyse d'image aux reconstitutions paléoclimatiques de séquences lacustres du Quaternaire. Les exemples du lac Baïkal (Sibérie), de Vico (Italie) et de Nogaret (France). PhD Thesis of the Université catholique de Louvain, 345p., 3 annex. |
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Seret G., Burjachs F., Cornet C., Dricot E., Francus P., Giralt S., Hilgers B., Julia R., Leroy S., Mergeai I., Roca J., Wansard G. & Warny S., 1996. Abrupt climate fluctuations not directly linked to astronomical causes and attributed to postglacial reorganisation of atmospheric and oceanic circulations. OSTC final report, Brussels, 100p. |
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Seret G., Chalie F., Dricot E., Francus P., Leroy S., Mergeai I., Subires J. & Wansard G., 1993. Abrupt climate fluctuations not directly linked to astronomical causes and attributed to postglacial reorganisation of atmospheric and oceanic circulations. OSTC Symposium, Brussels, 17-18 May 1993, 2: 203-225. |
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Seret G. with the collaboration of Chalié F., Cornet C., Dricot E., Francus P., Leroy S., Mergeai I., Subires J. et Wansard G., 1993. Geology and Global Change. Revue LOUVAIN, 39: 17-21. |
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Francus P., 1990. Une étude pétrographique de la céramique de Qumran. Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem editor, 14pp. |
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97-98 |
Sustainable Development (OSTC-Belgian federal research). ENSO and paleo-ENSO for the last 1000 years in Lake Tanganyika. Annual and administrative reports. |
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91 - 93 |
EUROMAAR Project (EC). Global Changes over the last 30 kyrs. Annual and final reports. |
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92 - 96 |
Global Change Project (OSTC-Belgian federal research). Abrupt climate fluctuations not directly linked to astronomical causes and attributed to postglacial reorganisation of atmospheric and oceanic circulations. Annual and final reports. |
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05/93 |
Scientific exchange & field trip of P. Francus at the Limnological Institute, Irkutsk from 23/2/93 till 27/3/93, 20 pp, 4 fig. (in French). |
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4/91 |
Study of byzantine ceramics from Jerash, 10pp, and 5 annexed (in French). |
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5/90 |
Physical and chemical characterization of ceramics from Corfu, 24 pp + 5 tab. (in French). |
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8/88 |
A study of the first century ceramics from Jerash (Jordan) (in French), 14pp. |
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11/87 |
A petrographic study of the Apamee (Syria) ceramics (in French). |
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Francus P., Sturm M. & Vologina E. G. Characterization of sedimentary microfabric from three locations from Lake Baikal: Preliminary results. BAIK-SED-2, International workshop on sedimentary processes in large lakes, Ghent, Belgium, 17-18 January, 2003. |
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Besonen M., Abbott M., Francus P. & Bradley R. High resolution hurricane activity record for southern new england from 1,200 year long varved coastal sedimentary record. Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section - 37th Annual Meeting, Springfield, Massachusetts, 25-27 March, 2002. |
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Braun C., Hardy D. , Bradley R.S.B., Zolitschka B., Retelle M., Smith S., Lewis T., & Francus P. What do High Arctic fluvial and lacustrine clastic sediments tell us about climate? Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section - 37th Annual Meeting, Springfield, Massachusetts, 25-27 March, 2002. |
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Lewis T., Bradley R. & Francus P. Lacustrine sedimentary processes near a high arctic delta, Lake Tuborg, Ellesmere Island. Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section - 37th Annual Meeting, Springfield, Massachusetts, 25-27 March, 2002. |
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Hughen K., Huybers P., Francus P., Duvall M., PARCS High-Resolution Working Group. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Arctic Surface Temperature over the Last 400 Years. ARCSS All-Hands Workshop, Seattle, WA, 20-23 February 2002. |
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Francus P., Bradley R., Finney B., Lewis T., Patridge T., Perren B., Stoner J., & Abbott M. High Resolution Lake Sediment Studies From Sawtooth Lake, Nunavut. ARCSS All-Hands Workshop, Seattle, WA, 20-23 February 2002. |
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Bradley R., Francus P., Anderson L. & Pilcher J. Lake sediment paleoclimate research in the Lofoten Islands, Arctic Norway. ARCSS All-Hands Workshop, Seattle, WA, 20-23 February 2002. |
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Asikainen C., Brigham-Grette J., Francus P. and Michael Apfelbaum. Investigation into the relationship between Climate Change and Sedimentary Processes from Core PG 1351 from El'gygytgyn Crater Lake, NE Siberia. ARCSS All-Hands Workshop, Seattle, WA, 20-23 February 2002. |
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Stoner J., Verosub K., Patridge W., Francus P., Abbott M., Bradley R.S, Andrews J.& Koc N. Holocene Records of Paleosecular Variation from the Arctic: Ellesmere Island Lakes and a Marine Core North of Iceland. American Geophysical Union, San Fransisco, December 2001. |
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Besonen M., Francus P., Abbott M. & Bradley R.S.B. X-ray densitometry and BSEI analysis of a 1,200 year long varved coastal sedimentary record. Image analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 8 -10, 2001. |
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Francus P. & Ojala A.E.K. X-ray densitometry vs image analysis of thin-sections: a compared study of varved sediments of Lake Nautajärvi, Finland. Image analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 8 -10, 2001. |
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Francus P. Image analysis of thin-sections to reconstruct paleoenvironments. Image analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 8 -10, 2001. |
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Patridge W., Francus P., Bradley R.S.B. & Stoner J. An analysis of varved sediments from Murray Lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Image analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 8 -10, 2001. |
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Thurow J. & Francus P. Records &endash; what have been used and what came out of it. Image analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, November 8 -10, 2001. |
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Patridge W., Francus, P. & Bradley R. An analysis of varved sediments from High Arctic Murray Lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Geological Society of America, Boston, MA, 5-8 November, 2001. |
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Besonen M., Abbott M., Francus P. & Bradley R. High resolution hurricane activity record for southern new england from 1,200 year long varved coastal sedimentary record. Geological Society of America, Boston, MA, 5-8 November, 2001. |
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Asikainen C., Brigham-Grette J. & Francus, P., Sedimentological studies of the paleoclimate record from core pg1351, El'gygytgyn crater lake, NE Russia. Geological Society of America, Boston, MA, 5-8 November, 2001. |
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Francus, P., Abbott M., Bradley R., Finney B., Lewis T., Patridge W., Perren B., & Stoner J. 2550 years of environmental history from the sediments of South Sawtooth Lake, Nunavut, Canada: initial results. 21st IAS meeting, Davos, Switzerland, 3-5 September, 2001. |
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Francus, P., Image Analysis To Quantify Bioturbation In Lacustrine Sediments . IAS meeting, Davos, Switzerland, 3-5 September, 2001. |
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Francus, P., Abbott M., Bradley R., Finney B., Lewis T., Patridge W., Perren B., & Stoner J. Preliminary Results from Three Lakes From Ellesmere Island, Nunavut: Sawtooth, Tuborg and Murray. ARCUS meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2001. |
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Francus, P., Abbott M., Bradley R., Finney B., Lewis T., Patridge W., Perren B., & Stoner J. 2550 years of environmental history from the sediments of Sawtooth Lake, Nunavut, Canada: initial results. 31th Arctic Workshop, Amherst, Massachusetts, 22-24 March, 2001. |
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Stoner, J. S., Francus P., Abbott M. & R. Bradley. Initial results from a u-channel magnetic study of laminated sediments from Sawtooth Lake Ellesmere island. 31th Arctic Workshop, Amherst, Massachusetts, 22-24 March, 2001. |
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Patridge W., Francus P., & Bradley R.S. An analyis of varved sediments from two high arctic lakes on Ellesmere island, Nunavut. 31th Arctic Workshop, Amherst, Massachusetts, 22-24 March, 2001. |
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Francus P. Image analysis to quantify bioturbation in lacustrine sediments. Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section - 36th Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, 12-14 March, 2001. |
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Besonen M., Abbott M., Francus P. & Bradley R. Development of a 1 200 year long high-resolution record of hurricane activity for southern New England. Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section - 36th Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, 12-14 March, 2001. |
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Cosby C., Brigham-Grette J. & Francus P. THE IMPACT Project: Sedimentological Studies of the Paleoclimate Record From El'gygytgyn Crater Lake. American Geophysical Union, San Fransisco, December 2000. |
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Oberhänsli H., André L., Bluszcz A., Conze R., DeBatist M., Demske D., Fagel N., Francus P., Granoszewski W., Mackay A., Nicklisch A., Rosell- Mellé A., Sturm M., Thiemann S., Thorez J., Wehrli B. & Wüest J. High-resolution continental paleoclimate record in the Lake Baikal: a key-site for eurasian teleconnections to the North Atlantic ocean and monsoonal system. 8th Paleolimnology Meeting, Kingston Ontario, August, 2000. |
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Perren B., Bradley R. & Francus P. Rapid ecological response to recent high arctic warming: the diatom record from Sawtooth Lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. 8th Paleolimnology Meeting, Kingston Ontario, August, 2000. |
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Francus P., Abbott M. & Bradley R. Deciphering an annually resolved climate signal in varved sediments using image analysis. 8th Paleolimnology Meeting, Kingston Ontario, August, 2000. |
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Francus, P. & Ojala A. X-ray densitometry vs image analysis of thin-sections: a compared study of varved sediments of lake Nautajärvi, Finland. 8th Paleolimnology Meeting, Kingston Ontario, August, 2000. |
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Francus P., Abbott M., Bradley R., Keimig F., Perren, B. & Patridge W. An annual snow melt intensity record in lacustrine sediments of Sawtooth lake, Arctic Canada. 30th Artic Workshop, Boulder Colorado, March 16-18, 2000. |
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Perren, B.; Bradley, R.S.; Francus, P. Rapid ecological response to climatic change: the preliminary diatom record from Sawtooth Lake, Ellesmere Island. 30th Artic Workshop, Boulder Colorado, March 16-18, 2000. |
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Francus P., Bradley R. & Abbott M. Annually resolved past climate signal from lacustrine varved sediments, Arctic Canada.American Geophysical Union, San Fransisco, December 1999. |
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Francus P. - INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Suspended particles and sediment formation. First Baikal-SED, International Workshop on the sedimentology of Lake Baikal, Berlin, 18-22 November 1999. |
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Francus P., Abbott M., Bradley R., Braun C., Hardy D. & Perren B. Applying image analysis to laminated sediments from Sawtooth Lake, Arctic, Canada. Geovision 99, Liege, May 1999. |
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Francus P. Applying image analysis to laminated sediments from Sawtooth Lake, Arctic, Canada. Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April 1999. |
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Francus P. Quantification of some parameters of laminated sediments using thin-section image analysis: examples from Sawtooth Lake, Arctic, Canada. Varves 99 worshop meeting, Lammi Biological Station, Finland, April 1999. |
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Francus P., Perren B., Hardy D. R., Abbott M., Bradley R.S. & Braun C. Canadian High Arctic paleoclimatic reconstruction: preliminary data from the laminated sediments of Sawtooth Lake. ARCUS meeting, Arlington, VA, March 1999. |
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Francus P. Image Analysis to Quantify Sedimentary Observations From Thin-sections: Examples From Lake Baikal. American Geophysical Union, San Fransisco, December 1998. |
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Francus P. & Karabanov E. Computer-assisted thin sections study of Lake Baikal sediments: a tool for a better understanding of Quaternary-recent sedimentary processes. Active Tectonic Continental Basins, Gent, Belgium, may 1998. |
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Francus P. An image analysis technique to quantify soft sediments microstructures in thin sections: examples from Lake Baikal. Active Tectonic Continental Basins, Gent, Belgium, may 1998. |
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Karabanov E., Williams D., Kuzmin M., Gvozdkov A., Prokopenko A., Francus P., Colman S., Nelson H. The climate related reversal changes of sedimentary environments of Lake Baikal during Pleistocene. Active Tectonic Continental Basins, Gent, Belgium, may 1998. |
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Francus P. Thin section image analysis in soft clastic sediments. Annual meeting on Image analysis in Belgium, Liège, Belgium, 1998. |
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Francus P. Image analysis of thin sections in lacustrine sediments. Groupe de contact FNRS "Paléoclimats - Géologie du Quaternaire", Tervuren, Belgium, 1996. |
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Karabanov E, Williams D, Prokopenko A., Fowell S., Francus P., Colman S., Kuzmin M., Bezrukova E., Misharina B. The reconstruction of short intense cooling events in northern Asia during interglacial period (isotopic stages 5, 7, 9) from the long continental records from Lake Baikal sediments. 30th international geological congress; abstracts.vol. 1; pages 79. 1996. |
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Francus P., Leroy S., Mergeai I., Seret G. & Wansard G. Pluridisciplinary study of the last climate cycle at Vico maar (Latium, Italy): Isotopic stages 5 to 2. OSTC workshop on "Global Change", Brussels, Belgium, 1993. |
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Francus P., Leroy S., Mergeai I., Seret G. & Wansard G. Multidisciplinary study of Maar lakes: the example of Vico. Workshop "Euromaar", Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1993. |
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Francus P. Methods of analysis of thin layers in lacustrine deposits. "Diatoms as paleoclimatic indicators", Irkutsk, Russia, 1993. |
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Francus P., Leroy S., Mergeai I., Seret G. & Wansard G. The last climate cycle in the Mediterranean area; a pluridisciplinary study of the Vico Maar, Groupe de contact FNRS "Paléoclimats - Géologie du Quaternaire", Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1992. |
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Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, CNRS/Université de Montpellier II, January 2003. |
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INRS, Québec, Canada, April 2002. |
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GEOTOP, University of Québec at Montreal & McGill University, Montreal, Canada, October 2001. |
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Alfred Wegener Institute, Potsdam, Germany, May 2001. |
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Bates College, Department of Geology, Lewistown, Maine, USA, January 2000. |
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Université catholique de Louvain, Faculty of Agronomy, Belgium, May 1999. |
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University of Massachusetts, Department of Geosciences, Professional seminar, Amherst, December 1998. |
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Faculté Univesitaire Notre Dame de La Paix, Department of Biology, Namur, Belgium, 1998. |
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09/95 |
Southampton (UK), workshop IGCP 374 (International Geological Correlation Programme) "Paleoclimatology and palaeoceanography from laminated sediments". |
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05/91 |
Bitburg (Germany), International Symposium on "Paleolimnology of European Maar Lakes". |
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12/88 |
Ravello (Italy), PACT workshop (European Networks of Scientific Cooperation in the field of Physical, Chemical, Mathematical and Biological Techniques Applied to Archaeology). |
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05 - 06/ 2002 |
Participation at the MONA drilling cruise on the Marion Dusfresnes. Sediment description, core logging. |
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05 - 06/99 and 2000 |
Drilling at Sawtooth Lake and Lake Tuborg in the High Canadian Arctic (80°N). Logistic and scientific planning, heading of the 2000 field party. |
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06 - 07/97 |
Experimentation of drilling material for soft sediments in several Belgian lakes. |
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02 - 03/93 |
Prospection around lake Baikal, Siberia. |
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9/90 |
Drilling at Lac du Bouchet, France. |
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04 - 07/90 |
Field trip and prospection for clay ores available for the ancient Qumran ceramics, Israel. |
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Dr. M. Sturm (ETH, Zurich), Dr. H. Oberhaensli (GFZ, Potsdam, Germany), Dr. A. Mackay (UCL, London), Dr. A. Rosell-Melé (Durham, UK), Dr. P. Martin (IRSNB, Belgium), Dr. N. Fagel & Prof J. Thorez (Ulg, Belgium), Prof. M. Debatist (Gent, Belgium), Dr. A. Nicklish & Dr. Demske (Berlin, Germany), Dr. Granoszewski (Krakow, Poland), Dr. Bluszcz (SUT, Poland): "High-resolution Continental paleoclimate record in the Lake Baikal: a key site for Eurasian teleconnections to the North Atlantic Ocean and monsoonal system". EU project and participation submitted to NSF. |
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Prof. R. Bradley, Dr. M. Abbott, Dr. D. Hardy, (Univ. Massachusetts, USA), Dr. J. Stoner (GEOTOP, Montreal), Dr. B. Finney (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks) : "High resolution lake sediment studies for paleoclimatic reconstruction", ongoing NSF project. |
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Prof. J. Brigham-Grette (UMass) & C. Cosby (UMass): Sedimentological studies of the paleoclimate record from El'gygytgyn Crater Lake, ongoing project and project in elaboration. |
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Dr. Klerkx & Dr. Plisnier (Tervuren), Prof. Vyverman & Dr. Cocquyt (Gent), Prof. Lambin & Dr. Serneels (UCL), Prof. Descy (Namur): ENSO and Paleo-ENSO for the last 1000 years in Lake Tanganyika. OSTC ongoing project. |
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Dr. T. Saarinen and A. Ojala (Geological survey of Finland). X-ray densitometry vs image analysis of thin-sections: a compared study of varved sediments of lake Nautajärvi, Finland, ongoing project. |
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Prof. E. Pirard (Univ. Liège, Belgium): image analysis applied to geological samples (methodological developments); Multidisciplinary research on Salar Coïpasa, Bolivia (ongoing project). |
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Prof. J. Thurow (Univ. College London): digitizing systems and time-series analysis (methodological developments). |
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Dr. E. Karabanov (Univ. of South Carolina): lake Baikal sedimentology (acquisition of data) |
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Prof. R. Julià & S. Giralt (CSIC - Institut de Ciencies de la Terra "Jaume Almera - Barcelona, Spain): paleolimnology and paleomagnetic study of Vico and Nogaret sequences0 (acquisition of data, paper in preparation). |
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I. Mergeai (FUNDP - Namur, Belgium): study of the Vico sequence (acquisition of data and paper in preparation). |
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Dr. Bernd Zolitchka (Univ Bremem, Germany). Quantification of carbonate content in some eutrophic lakes in Northern Germany using image analysis, ongoing project. |
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Prof. R. Donceel (UCL, Belgium) & Institut Français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient: study on ceramics from Apamee (Syria), Jerash (Jordan) & Qumran (desert of Judaea) (acquisition of data). |
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Prof. T. Hackens (UCL, Belgium): study on ceramics from Corfu (Greece) (acquisition of data). |
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British Museum Research Laboratory: methodology of petrographic studies of ancient ceramics (in 1990) (methodological developments). |
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Expertise: image analysis, core digitizing, description and sub-sampling, petrographic microscopy, electronic microscopy with EDS, densitometry, soft sediments drilling, magnetic susceptibility, X-Ray diffraction, grain-size analysis. |
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Knowledge: X-Ray fluorescence, ICP, atomic absorption, microprobe, dating (14C, U/Th, K/Ar, 40Ar/39Ar), thermoluminescence differential thermic analyses; (geo)statistics, political economy. |
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Experienced user of Personal Computers: wordprocessing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, image analysis, image treatment, network softwares, computer-assisted talks and presentations, programming (BASIC, PASCAL), etc.). |
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French: mother language. |
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English: fluent. |
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Dutch: good. |
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German: basic. |
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mar 2002 |
"Learn To Return", Amherst, Massachusetts: Safety, first aid and survival in extreme environments training. |
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jun 2000 |
STEMTEC meeting: A Research conference on Science and Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Hampshire college, Amherst, Massachusetts. |
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apr 98 |
Chaire AIB Vincotte : Soil Pollution and remédiation. Univ. Liège, Belgium. |
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nov 95 |
Training courses: "Transparencies". Pedagogy Institute, UCL, Belgium. |
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3/89-4/90 |
Military Service as Officer at the Belgian airforce. |
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87-88 |
Specialization Courses: "Bases of Clay Geology". Univ. Liège, Belgium. |