Education

• Ph.D. Paris School of Mines, France (Quantitative hydrology and hydrogeology)
• DEA (MSc.) National Polytechnical Institute of Loraine (INPL), Nancy, France, 1991 (Computer Science and Geology)
• Geological Engineer. Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie, Nancy, France

Professional services

• 2012 - Editorial board – Advances in Water Resouces
• 2011- Member of the leadership Team - IAHR Groundwater Committee
• 2010- Secretary of the geoENVia International Association
• 2007- Founder of the Hydrogeologist Time Capsule project
• 2006-2010 - President of the geoENVia International Association
• 2005-2010 - Editor - Hydrogeology Journal
• 2005 - Associate Editor – Ground Water

Positions held

• 2009- Research Director, Associate Professor, University of Neuchâtel
  
• 2005-2009 - SNF Professor, Centre of Hydrogeology, University of Neuchâtel
• 2001-2005 - Maître-Assistant, Centre of Hydrogeology, University of Neuchâtel
• 1999-2001 - Oberassistant, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ), Engineering Geology Group
  
• 1992-1993 - Rural water supply engineer, Kankan, Republic of Guinea
• 1991-1992 - Research engineer, BRGM, Orléans, France