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CHRISTOPHE ZAROLI
Maître de conférences (hors classe, HDR)
Université de Strasbourg, EOST, ITES, UMR 7063
Nationality: French
Family: Dad of two (lovely) daughters :-)
Research: Seismic tomography
Work address: 5 rue René Descartes
67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Office: G107
Email: c.zaroli[at]unistra.fr
Web: https://ites.unistra.fr/zaroli
Professional and research experience
Some recent news
2025 RIPEC (Award for Doctoral Training and Research Works)
2023 Promoted to maître de conférences 'hors classe'
2021 Invited Lecturer at "Le Collège de France" (Paris) - Watch my talk: Global SOLA tomography.
2021 PEDR (Award for Doctoral Training and Research Works)
2021 Habilitation (HDR) - Title: "Seismic tomography using SOLA-Backus-Gilbert inversion
2017 Research sabbatical (CRCT, CNU, sect. 35, Feb-Jul 2017) at Oxford University
Employment
2011- Maître de Conférences, Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre (Strasbourg, France).
2010-2011 Postdoctoral Fellow and Teaching assistant, Geoazur (Nice/Sophia-Antipolis university).
2009-2010 Teaching assistant, Strasbourg University.
2006 Six months Internship R&D Geophysics department WesternGeco-Schlumberger, Gatwick (UK).
Education
2021 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), University of Strasbourg
2010 PhD in Global Seismology (Strasbourg University / Australian National University).
Co-supervisors: Eric Debayle (Strasbourg-Lyon), Malcolm Sambridge (Canberra).
2006 Geophysicist Engineer, EOST (Strasbourg, France).
2006 MSc in Geophysics, EOST (Strasbourg, France).
Key words
- Seismic tomography (finite-frequency wave propagation...)
- Inverse theory (SOLA-Backus-Gilbert inversion...)
- Deep Earth imaging (whole-mantle, 3-D velocity structure...)
Awards/Distinctions
2025 RIPEC (Prime d'Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche)
2023 Promotion : maître de conférences 'hors classe'
2021 PEDR (Prime d'Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche)
2021 Invited Lecturer at "Le Collège de France"
2017 CRCT (CNU - section 35), "research sabbatical" at Oxford University
2011 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research (Prix de thèse)
2005 The SHELL Personal Development Award
Some professional Activities
2012- In charge of the first year of EOST (geophycial engineering school)
2011- Organiser of the "Sismo Club", weekly Seismology meetings on IPGS
2008-2009 Organiser, seminar series on IPGS.
2008- I've been a regular reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals, e.g.:
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Gephysical Research Letters, Geophysical Journal International, Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, GEOPHYSICS, Journal of Seismology, Seismica...
2020- Expert remote reviewer for ERC consolidator grants (Earth System Science)
And many other things (not listed here).
Languages
French, English