Visite du Pr Craig Simmons

Journée scientifique autour de la visite du Professeur Craig Simmons, directeur du Centre national de recherche et de formation sur les eaux souterraines (NCGRT : national center for groundwater research and training) de l'université de Flinders (Adelaïde - Australie)

- 10h : introduction, présentation de METIS - Jean-Marie Mouchel

- 10h10 : PIREN Seine - Jean-Marie Mouchel

- 10h40 : Géophysique - Damien Jougnot

- 11h30 : Présentation Craig Simmons "Groundwater Down Under"

- 12h30-13h45 : Buffet salle Darcy

- 14h : Hydrologie-Hydrogéologie - Valérie Plagnes et Agnès Ducharne

- 15h : Géochimie - Biogéochimie- Contaminants - Thanh Thuy NGuyen, Josette Garnier , Hélène Blanchoud.

Fin à 16h

Groundwater Down Under : Groundwater is core to many critical contemporary issues concerning our environment, food and water security, coal seam gas and fracking, mining, energy and nuclear waste disposal. Groundwater supplies half of the world’s drinking water and nearly half of the water used for growing food.  Groundwater depletion and pollution are major global problems. Climate change and population growth will place additional stress on already stretched groundwater resources. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Groundwater is a crucial resource in Australia. This talk explores the challenges and opportunities for groundwater science, management and policy in Australia. Major Australian groundwater issues are described. International groundwater research challenges are discussed. Key research projects being undertaken by the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training in Australia to address these scientific challenges are described.

Biography : Professor Craig Simmons is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Hydrogeology and Schultz Chair in the Environment at Flinders University. He is Director of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training in Australia. Professor Simmons is a leading international authority in hydrogeology and is considered one of Australia's foremost groundwater academics. He is a member of the Australian Government’s Statutory Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development (IESC). He is also a member of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Roundtable on Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development. Professor Simmons is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. He is Chair of the Australian Government’s Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee, which oversees science in the Ranger Uranium Mine in World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park. Professor Simmons’ work has been recognised by numerous national and international research and teaching awards including the Anton Hales Medal for outstanding contributions to research in the Earth Sciences by the Australian Academy of Science and an Australian Award for University Teaching. He was named the 2015 South Australian Scientist of the Year and the 2017 Australian Water Professional of the Year. He is a 2017 Convocation Medallist of Flinders University and a 2017 Biennial Medallist of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.