Education
November 2017
HDR (Habilitation), University of Montpellier
Role of local heterogeneities (hydrodynamics and geochemicals) on reactive transport processes in porous and fractured media.
November 2008
PhD in Geosciences, University of Montpellier
Experimental quantification from pore scale to Darcy scale of reactive processes induced by CO2-rich brine injection through limestone and sandstone samples.
Research Positions
October 2025 – Present
Senior CNRS Researcher (DR2)
Geosciences Montpellier, Porous Media Transport team.
November 2018 – September 2025
CNRS Researcher (CRCN)
Geosciences Montpellier, Porous Media Transport team.
January 2017 – November 2018
CNRS Researcher (CR1)
Hydrosciences Montpellier, Karst and Heterogeneous Reservoirs team.
January 2014 – December 2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, CSIC Barcelona, Spain
Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (3 years), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas.
January 2012 – December 2013
Postdoctoral Researcher, CIMNE Barcelona, Spain
International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering.
January 2010 – December 2011
Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS – Geosciences Montpellier
Funded by TOTAL S.A.
December 2008 – December 2009
Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS – Geosciences Montpellier
Funded by ANR.
Awards
2022
Michel Gouilloud Schlumberger Prize
French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences)
Awarded for research on reactive transport processes in porous and fractured media, and on the formation of karst systems.
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PhD Students — Direction
2025 – 2028
Léo Chapuis
Karst formation by ghost-rock processes (with D. Roubinet, ANR Kasper).
2025 – 2028
Luisa Barquero
Participatory hydrogeology for groundwater salinization management in Fimela, Senegal (with O. Barreteau).
2024 – 2027
Maxime Jamet
Hydrothermal alteration and tectonic activity in the Nojima active fault, Japan (with B. Gibert, ANR AlterAction).
2022 – 2025
Téo Ferreux
Comparison of wastewater treatment processes for aquifer recharge (with S. Brosillon and J. Mendret, WOC project).
2021 – 2026
Charlotte Guy
Chemical exposome in aquatic environments from treated wastewater (with E. Gomez-Hernandez, CNRS fellowship).
2019 – 2022
Marie Léger
Role of structural and mineralogical heterogeneities in karst formation (CIFRE fellowship).
2018 – 2021
Tybaud Goyetche
Seawater intrusion in a coastal aquifer, Argentona, Spain (with J. Carrera, UPC Barcelona).
2016 – 2020
Laura Martinez
Reactive transport processes during acidic fluid injection: role of local heterogeneity (UPC Barcelona, MEDISTRAES).
2012 – 2015
Gabriela Dávila
The Hontomin cap rock and CO2-rich waters: leakage and remediation (with J. Cama and J. Soler, UPC Barcelona). Now at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
2012 – 2015
María García Ríos
Interaction between the Hontomin reservoir rocks and CO2-rich waters (with J. Cama and J. Soler, UPC Barcelona).
PhD Co-supervision
2020
Joaquim Soler Sagarra
UPC Barcelona (dir. J. Carrera, 20% involvement).
2018
Sofia Escario
University of Montpellier (dir. M. Godard & P. Gouze, 20%).
2015
David Bosch
University of Barcelona (dir. J. Ledo & P. Queral, 20%).
2013
Ousmane Papa Mangane
University of Montpellier (dir. P. Gouze, 60%).
2012
Halidi Abdoulghafour
University of Montpellier (dir. P. Gouze, 80%).
2011
Charlotte Garing
University of Montpellier (dir. P. Gouze & P. Pezard, 40%).
2011
Vanessa Hebert
University of Montpellier (dir. P. Gouze & P. Pezard, 20%).
Post-doctoral Researchers Supervised
2024 – present
Wenyu Zhou
Modelling of granite alteration by particle tracking (ANR AlterAction, with D. Roubinet).
2020 – 2022
María García Ríos
Retention and degradation of emerging contaminants in Barcelona stormwater runoff (JPI-UrbanWat).
2020 – 2022
Cristina Valhondo
Reactive barrier for degradation of emerging contaminants from wastewater treatment plants (JPI-Maradentro).