Alexandre Nercessian

Alexandre Nercessian received the Ph.D. degree in geophysics from the University Paris VI, Paris, France, in 1980. From 1973 to 1980, he was translating articles and scientific and technical books. He joined the Institut Fançais du Pétrole in 1982, and then the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, in 1983, where he got a full time position of Observatory Assistant, in 1985. His research interests include seismology, signal processing, electronics, with application to the monitoring of seismic zones and volcanoes. He has been deeply involved for more than three decades in the routine monitoring of the French volcanoes. He also took part in more than 15 marine geophysics cruises in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian oceans, and the Mediterranean sea.