Higher education
January 2003-June 2006: PhD in Volcanology, Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico (IGF- UNAM).
“Estudio geoquímico comparativo de los sistemas hidrotermales de los volcanes activos en Chiapas: El Chichón y Tacaná”
Supervisor: Yuri Taran
Co-supervisor: Salvatore Inguaggiato (INGV-Palermo)
August 2000-June 2003: MSc in Volcanology, Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico (IGF-UNAM).
“Geoquímica y actividad del volcán Chichón: la dinamica del sistema vulcano-hidrotermal y su lago cratérico entre 1983 y 2002”
Supervisor: Yuri Taran
Grade: “mención honorífica”
October 1996-July 2000: Undergraduate in Geology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
“Sedimentpetrologische studie van Krijt carbonaatgesteenten op het Córdoba Platform, Veracruz, Mexico”
Supervisor: Rudy Swennen
Grade: “onderscheiding” (i.e. distinction)
Biobliographical metrics (on 12/06/2023)
Scopus: 73 documents, #citations 1664 (by 998 documents), h-index 26
GoogleScholar: #citations 2174, h-index 29, i10-index 49
Language skills
Mother tongue: Flemish/Dutch
Other languages: English, Italian, Spanish and French
Scientific activities
- IAVCEI member since 2003;
- IAVCEI-CCVG member since 2003;
- IAVCEI-CVL member since 2004;
- Current webmaster and ex-Leader (2010-2019) of the IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Lakes;
- Author of the monograph Volcanic Lakes (Springer, 2015);
- Acquisition Editor for SpringerGeo for the IAVCEI Series Active Volcanoes of the World and Advances in Volcanology;
- Ongoing collaborations: Bruce Christenson (GNS, New Zealand), Gino González (UniBa, Volcanes sin Fronteras, Costa Rica), Franco Tassi and Orlando Vaselli (University of Florence, Italy), Corentin Caudron (Université de Savoie, France), Karoly Németh.