CURRENT POSITION

January 2007-January 2009 Research in Post-doctorate at Geophysics Institute of Universidad   
                                             Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Project topics: Continuous monitoring of diffuse degassing at El Chichón volcano, Chiapas
                          (Mexico)
                        Advisor: Yuri Taran

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

2005 PhD Sciences; Volcanology, Earth Science & Environment
         Geochemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

         Thesis topic: CO₂ degassing and fluid geochemistry at Papandayan and Kelud volcanoes, Java Island, Indonesia (in French)

         Advisor: Alain Bernard

1999 Master in Earth Sciences ("Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies ès Sciences de la Terre")
         Université de Genève, Switzerland

Topic of Master's thesis: "Fractionation crystals-ashes during eruption of Platoro volcano and deposition of South Fork tuff, San-Juan volcanic field, Colorado, USA (in French)"
Supervisor: Michael A. Dungan

1996 Maîtrise des Sciences de la Terre ("Maîtrise" amounted to B.S. plus one year) Université Joseph Fourrier, Grenoble, France

1995 Maîtrise des Sciences de la Terre (in Earth Sciences) Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand,  France

1994 Bachelor's in Earth Sciences- Applied Geology,
                     Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2007 Teaching Assistant –Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
                                                  Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids

March 2006-September 2006 Employee in Market Research – Research International, Brussels, Belgium

April 1998 – March 1999    Teaching Assistant – Université de Genève, Switzerland
                                             Mineralogy

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

• Field measurements of CO₂ flux by the accumulation chamber method on volcanic soils (Papandayan volcano, Indonesia; Stromboli and Vulcano volcanoes, Italy; El Chichón, Mexico). I have also developed a new approach for CO₂ measurements on volcanic lakes (Kelud volcano, Indonesia; Santa Ana volcano, El Salvador; El Chichón, Mexico).
• Interpretation of CO₂ flux data by using the graphical statistical approach and a stochastic simulation method in order to: (1) differentiate multiple gas sources of CO₂ (2) map CO₂ flux and see anomalies and (3) quantify the total CO₂ output.
• Theoretical evaluation of energy and mass balances for a volcanic lake (Kelud volcano).
• Geochemical study and interpretation of hydrothermal fluids: major elements, isotopic compositions (d¹⁸O, dD, d³⁴S) and thermochemical modeling of fluids (Phreeqci).
• Study of the mineralogy of altered rocks by scanning electron microscope and X-ray microdiffraction.

PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES

• Mazot, A. and Bernard, A., 2004. Insight into the hydrothermal system of Papandayan volcano, Indonesia. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, vol. 1, p.163-166.
• Bernard, A., Escobar, C.D., Mazot, A. and Guttierrez, R.E., 2004. The acid crater lake of Santa Ana volcano, El Salvador. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 375: 121-13.
• Bernard A. and Mazot A., 2004. Geochemical evolution of the young crater lake of Kelud volcano in Indonesia. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, vol.1, p.87-90.
• Mazot A. and Bernard A., 2004. The hydrothermal system of Papandayan volcano and the November 2002 eruption: CO₂ degassing, fluid geochemistry and mineralogy of ejecta. In: A. Purbawinata (Editor), Journal of volcanic activity in Indonesia: Gunungapi Papandayan letusan 2002, Quarterly Publication of the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia, vol.1, N°5, p.129-151.

ARTICLE ACCEPTED (in press)

• Mazot A., Bernard A., Fischer T., Inguaggiato S. and Sutawidjaja I., 2008. Chemical evolution of thermal waters and changes in the hydrothermal system after the November 2002 eruption in the Papandayan volcano (West Java, Indonesia). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Special Issue on volcanic lakes.

ARTICLE SUBMITTED

• Mazot A. and Taran Y. CO₂ flux from the volcanic lake of El Chichón (Mexico). Geofisica Internacional, special Issue.

ARTICLES IN PREPARATION

• Mazot A., Barbier B. and Bernard A. Carbon dioxide degassing and energy flux from the crater lake of Kelud volcano, Eastern Java, Indonesia.
• Mazot A., Taran Y. and Rouwet D. Comparison of CO₂ flux with thermal energy and tectonic structures at the crater lake of Chichón volcano, Mexico.

INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

Oral presentation at the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Bandung, Indonesia, 20 August 2001.
Title :" Preliminary study of CO₂ flux mapping on Papandayan volcano, Java Island, Indonesia"

EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France 6 - 11 April 2003.
Abstract (Poster contribution): CO₂ degassing at Papandayan and Kelud volcanoes, Java island, Indonesia.A. Mazot, and A. Bernard.

Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA June 27-July 2, 2004.
         * Abstract (Poster Contribution): Insight into the hydrothermal system of Papandayan volcano, Indonesia. A. Mazot and A.Bernard.
         * Abstract (Poster Contribution): Geochemical evolution of the young crater lake of Kelud volcano in Indonesia A. Mazot and A.Bernard.

International Conference: “El Chichón Volcano: Twenty five years later. A commemorative conference”, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México, March 20-25th, 2007.
Abstract (Poster contribution): Carbon dioxide degassing and thermal energy fluxes from the crater lake of Kelud volcano, Eastern Java (Indonesia). A. Mazot and A.Bernard.

AGU Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico 22 - 25 May 2007.
Abstract (Poster contribution): Carbon Dioxide Degassing at the Crater Lake of Kelud Volcano, Eastern Java (Indonesia): Using CO₂ Fluxes to Know the Input of Steam and Brine From the Hydrothermal System. A. Mazot and A. Bernard.

Goldschmidt Conference, Cologne, Germany, 19-24 August 2007.
Abstract (Oral presentation): Carbon dioxide degassing and estimation of thermal energy release from volcanic lakes. A. Mazot , A. Bernard  and Y. Taran.

FIELDWORKS

• Fieldwork at Vulcano and Stromboli volcanoes, Italy (September 2007) to measuring CO₂ flux.

• Fieldworks in Mexico at Chichon volcano (March 2007) to sample waters and measuring CO₂ flux.

• Fieldworks in Indonesia at Papandayan, Tangupanperahu, Kelud, Kawah Ijen, Dempo, Sorik Marapi, Rinjani volcanoes (2000-2004) to sample waters and measuring CO₂ flux and concentration.

• Fieldwork at Santa Ana volcano, El Salvador (2002) to sample waters and measuring CO₂ flux at Santa Ana crater lake.

• Fieldwork at Etna and Stromboli volcanoes, Italy (2002) for improving measuring techniques of CO₂ flux and concentration.

• Participation to "5^th Workshop on volcanic lakes" in Indonesia (2000).

• Fieldwork at Reunion Island France at the Observatory of Piton de la Fournaise, France (1999)

         Topics: Mapping and morphological study of lava flows, study of different systems of monitoring (tiltometer, extensometer, magnetometer, seismometer…)

• Fieldwork at San Juan volcanic field, Colorado, USA (1996)

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), 2000 to present

• IAVCEI Commission on the Chemistry of Volcanic Gases, 2005 to present

• American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2003 to present

• Geological Society of America (GSA) 1998 to present

AWARDS AND GRANTS

         2001 Association Volcanologique Européenne (LAVE), Grant for financial contribution to the PhD research.

         September 2002 Volcanologic Research Coordination (CRV), France, Grant for fieldwork in Indonesia

         April 2003 National Belgium Fund for Scientific Reasearch (FNRS), Grant for attempting the EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly

         July 2003 French Commmunity of Belgium (Communauté Française de belgique), Grant for fieldwork

         July 2004 Financial Assistance Committee for Water-Rock Interaction 11, Grant for attempting the 11^th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction
        
         July-August 2004 French Commmunity of Belgium (Communauté Française de belgique), Grant for fieldwork

         April-December 2005 David and Alice Van Buuren Fondation, Grant for thesis research at Université Libre de Bruxelles

KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES

Mother tongue: French
Active language: English, Spanish
Other languages (basic oral and written comprehension and expression): Italian, Indonesian