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​I am a researcher in geosciences. My core interest is active tectonics in relation to seismic hazard assessment. 
The key questions I aim to answer are:
- Which faults have potential to generate large earthquakes? 
- How do large earthquakes distribute over time and space?
- How does long-term deformation relate to short-term deformation at
  different stages of the earthquake cycle?

To answer these questions, I use a multidisciplinary and multiple-timescale toolkit:
- Tectonic Geomorphology: 
  quantitative geomorphic analysis of deformed Quaternary deposits to determine fault kinematics and constrain long-term
  (1-100 ka) tectonic offsets,
- Paleo-seismology: 
  excavation of trenches across active faults to unravel the paleo-earthquakes history (1-10 ka),
- Geodesy: 
  monitoring of present-day crustal deformation (GPS) (1-10 years),  
- Structural Geology: 
  drawing relationships between active deformation and geological structures, use of subsurface geometry of thrust faults
  and deformation models to convert surface uplift or folding into cumulative slip on the fault plane,
- Quaternary Geochronology: 
  dating of cumulative strain markers, typically Quaternary alluvial deposits (luminescence dating, cosmogenic exposure
  dating, 14C).

I am also interested in what related archives from archaeology, paleo-climates, pedology, river processes... can bring 
to bear on the above questions.