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Dr. Thierry Adatte
Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Lausanne

Thierry.Adatte@unil.ch

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
Education 
  • 1979-83: MS in Geology, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. 
  • 1983-88 PhD In Geology, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. 
  • 1992 PD (Privat Docent, Chargé de Cours), Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. 
  • 2004-2012 Associate professor, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. 

Career 
  • 1989-1990: Postdoctoral fellow (FNS), Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP) 
  • 1990-1993: Postdoctoral fellow (FNS), Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico and Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. 
  • 1993-2004: Maître assistant (“Assistant professor”), head of the Mineralogical and Geochemical Laboratory, Geological Institute, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. 
  • 2004—2012 Associate Professor,“Chargé de cours et d’enseignement“ (paleontology, sedimentary-environmental mineralogy, general geology), Geological Institute, Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. 
2008- Present: Researcher at the Institute des Sciences de la Terre (ISTE), Lausanne University, Head of the geochemistry sedimentary lab (XRD, CHN-Rock-Eval, Phosphorus). 
  • 2017- Present: Privat Docent at the Institute des Sciences de la Terre (ISTE), Lausanne University 
  • 2018-Present: Professor at the Institute des Sciences de la Terre (ISTE), Lausanne University 


FIELDS OF RESEARCH 
  • Mineralogy, geochemistry and sedimentology, applied to global change and stratigraphy in Devonian, Jurassic, Cretaceous sediments. 
  • Extinction events, evolution and paleontology linked to global changes (e.g. Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal maximum, OAEs) Environmental geology, paleoclimatology, global change, phosphorus and carbon cycles, complex natural systems, self-organization, feedback loops. 
  • Evolution of carbonate platforms, large scale changes in carbonate facies, and drowning events, sequence stratigraphy. 
  • Biogeochemistry, particularly of low-temperature environments (incl. stable isotopes) Continental weathering systems, chemical weathering, soil formation in Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary deposits. 
  • Lake sediments as archives of climatic and environmental changes, linked to the Anthropocene. 
  • Characterization of diagenetic to low-grade metamorphism zones, by clay-minerals (e.g. Illite Cristallinity, illite-smectite mixed layers) and organic matter (Rock-eval and vitrinite reflectance). Evaluation of the potential of petroleum source rocks in different basins. 

SUPERVISION OF PhD. STUDENTS, PARTICIPATION TO PhD. 
  • JURY DEFENSE. Supervision of 6 PhD thesis:, Cosupervision of 3PhD thesis 
  • PHD DEFENSE JURY MEMBER Since 1995, participation to around 30 PhD examinations as Jury member (Lausanne, Genève, Fribourg, Besançon, Dijon, Grenoble, Chambéry, Paris, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Karlsruhe universities) 
  • MASTER STUDENTS SUPERVISION Since 1995, supervision of around 20 master and diploma students at Neuchâtel and Lausanne Universities  
  • PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE  SNSF  1995_2019: 5 projects 

PUBLICATION CITATIONS
SCOPUS DATA 
- Publications peer review: 148 (see PDF of the publication list).
- Citations: 4507 total citations by 2307 documents (3516 excluding self-citations)
- h-index: 35 (32 excluding self-citations)
- Co-authors: 150
- Subject area: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science