Since April 1st 2018 Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration
September 2016 Assistant Researcher, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of to March 2018 Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
June 2014 Post-doctoralresearcher, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – to August 2016 Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
September 2011 Post-doctoralresearcher, Princeton University - Department of Geosciences to May 2014
Education
2011 PhD in Geosciences and Environment (Earth Sciences), University of Lausanne, Switzerland 2007 Master's of Science (Geology), University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Awards
Paul Niggli Medal 2017
ELSTE Augustin Lombard prize of excellence 2007 (Master thesis)
Prix de Faculté 2011 granted by the University of Lausanne (PhD thesis)
Grants and fellowships
Swiss National Foundation (SNF) Early Postdoc mobility fellowship: “A new method fingerprinting
Magmatic andplutonic emplacement processes using combined U/Pb ID-TIMS geochronology and accessory minerals geochemistry(TIMS-TEA)”. PI - (2011-2013). $50k
Swiss National Foundation (SNF) Advanced Postdoc mobility fellowship: “Coupling high-spatial
resolution (SIMS) and high-temporal resolution (TIMS) techniques on zircons to track the plutonic volcanic connection”. PI- (2014-2015). $73k
NASA Emerging Worlds grant “A closure age for crystallization of the Lunar Magma Ocean: Re-
examination by high precision zircon chronology”. Co-I - (2016-2018). $343k
UCMEXUS small grant: “U/Th Zircon chronometry of Holocene eruptions in the Salton Sea geothermal
system (California, USA) using a new high-spatial resolution dating technique”. PI - (2014-2015). $1500
National Science Foundation (NSF) Petrology and Geochemistry “How do Volcanoes Work: Reconciling the Cold and Warm Storage Models”. PI - (2019-2021). $233k
NASA Emerging Worlds “High precision chronology of the oldest Apollo zircons: deciphering the meaning of the 4.3Ga peak in lunar ages”. Co-I - (2020-2023). $342k
NASA Solar System Workings “Discovering the origins of lost lunar magmas using zircons” (2020-2023). Co-I - (2020-2023). $378k
Analytical Experience
Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (quadrupole spectrometer Elan 6100 DRC and sector-field spectrometer Element XR) Isotope Dilution Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (Finnigan TRITON and Isotopix PHOENIX thermal ionization mass spectrometers) Laser Ablation Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (Finnigan NEPTUNE). Electron Microprobe (EPMA JEOL 8200 superprobe) Secondary Ionization Mass Spectrometry (Cameca 1270 and 1290 ion probe) Scanning Electron Microscopy (FEI XL30 FEG-SEM, Tescan Vega-3 XMU)