I was born in 1983 near Clermont-Ferrand in the center of France (in a region called Auvergne), an area featuring beautiful volcanic provinces and outstanding moutainous landscapes. This rich environment probably influenced me to develop strong interest for environmental sciences and for the understanding of natural or human induced processes, especially related to water and biogeochemical patterns.

After an initial formation in biology of organisms (Bachelor), ecosystem functioning (Master 1) and physico-chemistry of atmosphere (Master 2), my Master 2 and Ph.D. research activities primarily focused on water and physico-chemical patterns from the atmosphere to soil and aquifers (Bertrand et al., 2010; 2013; 2015). In this perspective, the main tools were natural tracers (dissolved major elements, isotopes, dissolved organic carbon, physicochemical parameters) monitored at various spatio-temporal scales in the different compartments of the water cycle (meteoric waters, vadose zone, saturated zone, surface waters) and combined with hydrometeorological (rainfall height, T, discharge), geological (lava flow morphological type) and physical (Peclet number, longitudinal dispersion, matrix porosity and transit time characterizations through artificial tracer tests) investigations. This allowed for the effects of land uses, meteorological conditions, landscape morphology, rock geometry, and deep mantellic sources on the water and chemical transfers involving water-rock interactions and contamination, to be pointed out.

In addition these various experiences led to develop great interest in pluridisciplinarity and writing as a valorization tool for reports, articles, presentations, etc.