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Alain Demoulin is a Senior Research Associate of the FSR-FNRS. His research expertise includes long-term geomorphology (chemical weathering and erosion surfaces in NW Europe and Argentina); tectonic geomorphology and geodetic monitoring of recent crustal movements in intraplate areas; landslide studies and prediction of susceptibility to landsliding in lowland Europe and mountains of the tropical belt (Ecuador, Guatemala, East African rift); and geomorphometry applied to the unravelling of the landscape response to uplift. He is currently involved in research projects aiming at identifying the mechanisms and rates of the fluvial network response to uplift in various regions of low and high tectonic activity. He also collaborates on landslide studies in Côte d'Ivoire (landslide susceptibility in the urban area of Abidjan) and East Africa (definition of rainfall thresholds for landsliding in tropical mountains). More information
The research activities of Prof. A. Hubert-Ferrari deal with surface processes in relation to climate and incremental deformation by earthquakes. Her work is characterized by using a pluridisciplinary approach combining geomorphology, paleoseismology, sedimentology and geophysics. A significant part of her research has focused on characterizing fault activity and morphology, on earthquake fault interactions, on spatial and temporal deformation processes over the long-term and the short-term. In the last ten years, she worked mostly on the sedimentary record of earthquakes in paleoseismic trenches, in lakes or in semi-closed Seas (Gulf of Corinth, Sea of Marmara). Most of her research focuses on the eastern Mediterranean area, on the Tianshan Fold-and-Thrust Belt (China), the Fuji area and the Nankai subduction (Japan). More details on Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari can be found here. She is actively working on following research projects. More information on her publications can be found here.
Matthias Vanmaercke is an associate professor at our research group since November 2016. His research focusses on (i) understanding geomorphic processes (including catchment sediment export, gully erosion and landslides) at regional and continental scales; (ii) on the construction of tools that can assess the rates and impacts of these processes at these spatial scales in relation to climate and land use changes; and (iii) on the development of strategies that can prevent or mitigate the negative impacts of these processes. Most of his research focusses on Africa and Europe. More details on Matthias Vanmaercke can be found here. Some examples of his recent research activities can be found here.