MetP

 

Swiss research group on Metamorphic Processes

 

 

ABOUT US

The Metamorphic Processes (MetP) research group is hosted at the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE) of the University of Lausanne and partly at the Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern. The group in Bern is supported by the ERC-StG project PROMOTING.

We are interested in fundamental research in petrology and geochemistry. Our team members are involved in the development of algorithms and models based on fundamental physical and chemical laws, sometimes augmented by artificial intelligence. We also develop state-of-the-art analytical techniques and open source data reduction tools such as XMapTools.

INVESTIGATE ROCKS

We collect, and analyse metamorphic rocks from all over the world to understand how our planet evolved through time

QUANTIFY PROCESSES

We study metamorphic processes driving plate tectonics and controlling chemical exchanges between surface and mantle

ANALYTICAL STRATEGY

We are developing cutting-edge analytical techniques for composition and texture characterization of solid materials

IN-HOUSE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Software development has become a critical part of modern research, especially in petrology and analytical geochemistry. This is the reason why we are involved in the development of several computer models and software solutions and decided to share them for free with scientists working in universities and public research agencies worldwide. Take a look at our main projects.

OUR WORK IN FIGURES

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NUMERICAL MODELING

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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APPLICATION STUDIES

CURRENT RESEACH GROUP

 

PROF. PIERRE LANARI

Group leader

DR. JONAS VANARDOIS

Postdoc (UNIL)

 

NORALINDE DE LEIJER

PhD Student (UNIL)

DR. THORSTEN MARKMANN

Postdoc (UniBE)

SARA NERONE

Visiting PhD Student (UNIBE)

LUCAS RAMOS TESSER

Visiting PhD Student (UNIL)

Current external collaborators on computational petrology

 

RENÉE TAMBLYN

Postdoc (UniBE)

JIAHUI LIU

Postdoc (China)

NILS GIES

PhD Student (UniBE)

FORMER GROUP MEMBERS

 

DR. HUGO DOMINGUEZ

PhD student (now postdoc)

DR. JACOB FORSHAW

Postdoc (now postdoc)

 

PHILIP HARTMEIER

Master student & Assistant

 

AIYANA DIWA

Student Assistant

PROF. MAHYRA TEDESCHI

Visting Professor

CATARINA DA PAZ

Visiting student

DR. ALESSANDRO PETROCCIA

PhD student (now Postdoc)

DR. JIAHUI LIU

PhD student (now Postdoc)

 

DR. QIAN W.L. ZHANG

PhD student (now Postdoc)

OUR PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS

Within Switzerland

We collaborate with various research groups within the Geochemistry and Petrology of Earth Systems research pole of the Institute of Earth Sciences at UNIL.

We also have active collaborations with research groups at the Institute of Geological Sciences at the University of Bern, including: Petrology (J. Hermann), Metamorphic Geochemistry (D.Rubatto), Deep-Fluids Geochemistry (T. Pettke).

In Europe

We have established partnerships with researchers within the EU including Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and Finland.

Within the framework of the ERC-funded project PROMOTING, we have active collaborations with with The Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz (Nicolas Riel), the University of Turin (Sara Nerone) and the Geological Survey of Finland (Mahyra Tedeschi).

Overseas

Our group has links with several public research institutions in China and South America.

We have strong and active collaborations with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Jiahui Liu, Jia-Min Wang, Qian Zhang).

We also collaborate with several professors, researchers and students from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, the Geological Survey of Brazil (Carlos Ganade) and the University of São Paulo.

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