Lucas Xan Pimienta

Expertise Rock PhysicsPoroelasticityRock MechanicsPetrophysics Awards - June 2018:Recipient of the EAGE's «Arie van Weelden Award» 2018 for Young professionals, to be received @ the 80th annual conference of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE).https://www.eage.org/en/about-eage/eage-awards/overview-awards/arie-van-weelden-award- Dec. 2016:Recipient of the AGU's «MRP Graduate Research Award» 2016, from the Mineral & Rock Physics (MRP) group of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).https://honors.agu.org/sfg-awardees/pimienta-receives-2016-mineral-and-rock-physics-graduate-research-award/- Apr. 2015:«Best Oral presentation» Award @ the 3rd International Workshop of Rock Physics (3IWRP), from the International Association of Rock Physics (IARP).http://www.rockphysicists.org/in-the-news/3iwrpstudentprizesResearch Statement My research interests span the physics and chemistry of rocks.Rocks are complex materials ranging in mineralogy, degree of porosity, cement or micro fracturing, and in saturating fluids. The understanding of their physical properties has direct implications with applied geophysics or civil engineering, but has tight fundamental links with the physics of granular media, tribology or poromechanics.My main research directions and objectives aim for developments of efficient geothermal energy and CO2 geological storages.Additionnal interests are in finding innovative and fun ways to apply rock physics. Education Ph.D. | Earth Sciences 2015 – 2015 Ecole Normale Supérieure Directed by Prof. Yves Guéguen & Dr. Jérôme Fortin Eng. D. | Geophysics 2011 – 2011 Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre M.Sc. | Earth Sciences 2011 – 2011 University of Strasbourg Professionals experiences Post-Doctoral fellow ENS-Total 2015–2016 Ecole Normale SupérieureWagemann Post-Doctoral Fellow 2016–2017 RWTH AachenEPFL and Marie Curie Fellow 2017–2019 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSCCER-SoE Post-Doc fellow 2019–2019 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSNF-Spark Grantee 2019–2019 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne