Dr. Guillaume Duclaux is currently an Associate Professor in tectonics at the Université Côte d'Azur, in Nice, France. He studied geosciences at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon and obtained a PhD in tectonics from the University of Saint Etienne, in France, and the University of Sydney, in Australia in 2007. His research then focused on the mechanical behaviour of Precambrian orogens. After graduating, Guillaume worked as a research scientist with the CSIRO in Australia for 7 years where he applied his skills in structural geology, computational tectonics, and surface processes modelling to develop new solutions to mineral exploration problems. In 2014 he joined the Geodynamics Group at the University of Bergen in Norway as a research fellow to study continental rift dynamics. He moved back to France in 2017 as Faculty at the Université Côte d'Azur. Guillaume has also worked as a senior geoscientist consultant with various large mining companies in Australia and Africa, assisting exploration geologists with combining geological, geochemical and geophysical data, and testing exploration models through cutting edge numerical modelling methods. 

I study tectonic processes in a variety of settings using both field geology and computational methods (computational tectonics and surface processes modelling). My research interests are divided between the secular evolution of tectonic processes and mineral systems, the development of 3D structures in the continental lithosphere, and surface response to deformation in active tectonic settings.

• Deputy director of Géoazur Laboratory, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice (France)