Personal details

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
Webhttps://ites.unistra.fr/zaroli

Professional and research experience

Some recent news

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

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 MathematicsGephysical Research LettersGeophysical Journal International, Journal of Geophysical ResearchEarth and Planetary Science LettersGEOPHYSICSJournal of Seismology, Seismica...
2020- Expert remote reviewer for ERC consolidator grants (Earth System Science)

And many other things (not listed here).

Languages

French, English