Raphael Gottardi, PhD
Education
PhD University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) 2012
MS University of Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland) 2008
BS Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble, France) 2006
Professional Experience
2023 to present Associate Professor Auburn University
2019 to 2023 Associate Professor University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2013 to 2019 Assistant Professor University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2012 to 2013 Visiting Assistant Professor University of Alaska, Anchorage
Innovation
My research focuses on the thermomechanical evolution of the continental crust in active or exhumed systems, especially the processes related to fluid-rock-deformation interactions. My approach combines field work with detailed structural and microstructural analysis, stable isotope geochemistry and geothermochronology to study the evolution of the different parameters (temperature, stress, strain rate, role of fluids) that control deformation and exhumation over different timescales.
