Guillaume Fiquet
Expertise
Physics and chemistry of minerals, high-pressure research, structure composition and dynamics of planetary interiors, sequestration of carbon dioxide in minerals
- Elastic properties, acoustic waves propagation in minerals at high-pressure and high-temperature
- Optical properties and thermal conductivity
- Experimental petrology: Earth’s lower mantle and core structure and composition
- Structure and properties of dense metallic alloys at core conditions
- Reactivity of aqueous and carbonated fluids with minerals
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Function and attachment
Directeur de recherche CNRS
E-mail: guillaume.fiquet(at)upmc.fr
Administration of research
2009- Deputy director of the Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés at University Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR CNRS 7590 (staff 150 : 37 scientists, 34 professors and assistant-professors, 31 engineers, 40 doctoral and post-doctoral positions, 8 emeritus professors).
2002- 2011 Member of scientific advisory committee of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF- Grenoble), representing CNRS.
2011- Member of the executive committee Labex MATISSE
2012- 2015 Elected member of the scientific advisory committee of University Pierre et Marie Curie
2012- 2016 Elected member and president of CNRS scientific section 18 - Earth and the Terrestrial Planets: structure, history and models -
2006-2009 PI project “Platform for sample preparation by focused ion beam (FIB) and observations at the nanoscale” (1.5 M€). Operational since January 2010.
Educational supervision (8)
2010- Mathilde Roberge " Etude du cycle profond des éléments halogènes dans la zone de transition ", PhD co-PI with Hélène Bureau. Started October 2010.
2008-2011 Haruka Ozawa " Sédiments et subduction profonde - Approche expérimentale ", PhD PI : Kei Hirose, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Beamline scientist at SPring8, 2011.
2008-2011 Eglantine Boulard " Cycle interne du carbone - Approche expérimentale ", PhD co-PI with François Guyot. Post-doc at University of Stanford (W. Mao).
2003-2006 Fabien Dufaud "Séquestration géologique du CO2 : étude expérimentale de la carbonatation de minéraux silicatés", PhD co-PI with Isabelle Martinez.
2004-2006 Guillaume Morard "Etude d’alliages fondus Fe-S-Si d’intérêt planétologique", PhD co-PI with Chrystèle Sanloup (Laboratoire MAGIE, University Pierre et Marie Curie) and Mohamed Mezouar (ESRF, Grenoble). CNRS scientist at IMPMC, University Pierre et Marie Curie, 2011.
2001-2005 Angèle Ricolleau "Approche expérimentale de la subduction d’une lithosphère océanique". Assistant professor, University Aix-Marseille, 2011.
2002-2005 Daniele Antonangeli "Anisotropie de propagation des ondes acoustiques dans les métaux de structure hexagonale compacte: exemple du fer et du cobalt". PhD co-PI with Michael Krisch (ESRF, Grenoble). CNRS scientist at IMPMC, University Pierre et Marie Curie, 2007.
1996-1999 Agnès Dewaele "Equations d’état des minéraux du manteau inférieur", PhD Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, co-PI with P. Gillet Engineer at CEA, Bruyères Le Châtel.
Teaching
2005- 2011 Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, University Paris 7. Master - Ecole doctorale des Sciences de la Terre (30h)
2005- University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. Master Ecole doctorale Sciences des Matériaux
2011- University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. Licence Sciences de la Terre
Career
2002- Senior CNRS scientist (DR) at Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
1999-2002 CNRS scientist (CR) at Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cristallographie de Paris (former LMCP), Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
1992-1999 CNRS scientist (CR) at laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, ENS Lyon, France
Publications
Awards and Distinctions
2013 Geochemical Fellow of Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
2011 Medalist of the CNRS silver medal
2003 Award of the Mineralogical Society of America
2001 Young Scientist Award of the ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
1999 Medalist of the CNRS bronze medal
French and foreign diplomas
2001 Université Paris Diderot - Habilitation à diriger des recherches – Terre profonde, mesures et modèles
1988-1990 Université Rennes I, Centre Armoricain d’Etude Structurale des Socles - PhD Thesis - Propriétés thermodynamiques des minéraux du manteau Supérieur
Clubs, learned societies and associations
American Geophysical Union
Life fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
Société Française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie