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Curriculum Vitae of
Pierre Joachim Pádraig Dèzes



Depotstrasse 28
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Date of birth: 08 06 1968
Nationality: Swiss citizen
Marital status: Single
Priv. Tel. + 41 (0)31 / 371 31 73
Prof. Tel. + 41 (0)31 / 310 40 99
e-mail: dezes(–at–)scnat.ch

 

EDUCATION:

1993-1999
Ph.D. in Geology: Tectonic and Metamorphic Evolution of the Central Himalayan Domain in southeast Zanskar (Kashmir, India). Institut de Minéralogie et Pétrographie, University of Lausanne.
1987-1992
Diploma in Geology: Étude géologique de la région de Siviez (Nendaz, Valais).
Diploma in Mineralogy: Étude des corps de métagabbro de la nappe de Siviez-Mischabel au Turtmanntal (Valais). University of Lausanne.
1984-1987
Federal Baccalaureate in Sciences, Gymnase du Bugnon, Lausanne.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

2005- Chief Science Officer, Platform Geosciences of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, Bern
2000-2007
Post-Doctoral Research and Project Manager of the international reserch project "EUCOR-URGENT" (European Geoscience Network). Organisation of 7 international conferences in France, Germany and Switzerland. University of Basel.
1999
Computer project management, LAN, WAN, Windows NT, Gammadia, Lausanne.
1993-1998
Teaching assistant in metamorphic petrology and person in charge of computer maintenance, University of Lausanne.
1992
Scientific translations (German/French) for Tesch Biodeg.
1991-1992
Mineralogy and geology Assistant (University of Lausanne).
1990-1992
Security agent for the International Olympic Committee, Securitas SA.

 

PRACTICAL TRAINING:

1993-2000
Field Assistent for Structural Geology and Metamorphim in the Italian Alps (2 weeks / year)
1993-1995
Leader of three geological expeditions of two months each in the Zanskar region of the Indian Himalaya (Kashmir).
1990-1991
Five months of field work in the Swiss Alps (Turtmanntal and Nendaz, Valais) for my degree in Geology and Mineralogy.
1990-1991
Computer-assisted simulation of ore prospecting and deposit modelling using geostatistics (variography, krieging).
1988-1990
Nine field trips of three weeks each in Switzerland, France and Italy involving mapping, paleontology, sedimentology, petrography, structural geology, geotechnical and geophysical investigations.
 
ASSOCIATED FIELDS:

2002
Course in project management (UNIBE, Prof. M. Engi)
1998
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (UNIL-EPFL, Prof. Golay).
1998
Geostatistics in cartography, Neural Networks and GIS (UNIL, Prof. M. Maignan).

 

LANGUAGES:

 
Bilingual French/German. Fluent English (stays in England and the United States, First Certificate of Cambridge, 1992).