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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APPLICATION STUDIES
CURRENT RESEACH GROUP
PROF. PIERRE LANARI
Group leader
DR. JONAS VANARDOIS
Postdoc (UNIL)
NORALINDE DE LEIJER
PhD Student (UNIL)
PHILIP HARTMEIER
PhD student (UNIL)
DR. THORSTEN MARKMANN
Postdoc (UniBE)
LUCAS RAMOS TESSER
Visiting PhD Student (UNIL)
Current external collaborators on computational petrology
RENÉE TAMBLYN
Postdoc (UniBE)
JIAHUI LIU
Postdoc (China)
SARA NERONE
PhD Student (Uni. Turin)
NILS GIES
PhD Student (UniBE)
FORMER GROUP MEMBERS
DR. HUGO DOMINGUEZ
PhD student (now postdoc)
DR. JACOB FORSHAW
Postdoc (now postdoc)
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.