Hydrogeologist

 

Specific skills

Professional: karst and fractured rock hydrogeology, contaminant hydrogeology, flow and transport modelling, tracing experiments, water and sanitation in humanitarian aid

Personal: efficiency, dynamism, leadership, diplomacy

Professional experience

Since 02.2007: BRGM, Montpellier, France

Hydrogeology of complex aquifer systems; co-team leader of the Indo-French Centre for Groundwater Research (IFCGR), Hyderabad, India

 

10.2005- 01.2007: Institute for Groundwater Research, University of Waterloo, Canada

Research program on DNAPL in fractured porous media and karst: site investigation in Ontario and numerical modelling.

 

01.2004- 08.2005: Action contre la Faim, Paris, France

Water and sanitation programs in Liberia, Burundi and South Sudan: Boreholes drilling, staff training, water resources assessment, project management, donors proposals

 

03–08. 2003: CSD-Geoklock SA, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hydrogeological studies for several contaminated sites projects: flow and transport modelling, remediation techniques proposals, internal training.

 

1998-2002: Swiss National Scientific Fund, Centre for Hydrogeology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Research project on transport processes in karst aquifers: site characterisation using inorganic chemistry and artificial tracers, numerical modelling, report writing, budget and team management.

 

1999-2001: Project managed by the Centre for Hydrogeology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Determination of protection zones for a karst aquifer based on a new method developed at the Centre (EPIK method).

 

1998: DFID (British aid), University College, London, England

Study on the groundwater contamination by arsenic, Bangladesh: field work, water and sediment analyses, report writing.

Professional training

2003               PhD. thesis, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

1998               MSc. in Hydrogeology, University College of London, England

1996               MSc. in Geology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Language and computing skills

Languages      French (mother tongue)-English (spoken and written)- Portuguese, Spanish, German (spoken and written: fair).

Computing      Hydrogeological modelling (Feflow, Modflow, Aquachem, Phreeqc), GIS (Arcview and ArcInfo), MsOffice, Access, Visual Basic, Filemaker, Drawing softwares.

Professional Associations

Member of the Swiss Society of Hydrogeologists

Member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists

Member of the Vaud Society for Natural Sciences

Member of the Scientific Commission of the Swiss Speleological Society

Other activities

My favourite:               caving and karst. Several expeditions in Switzerland and abroad. Former
secretary of the Swiss Speleological Society.

Other hobbies:            travels, outdoor activities (ski, scuba diving, mountaineering), photography, cinema.

Selected publications

Perrin, J., Jeannin, P.-Y., Cornaton, F., 2006.The role of tributary mixing in chemical variations at a karst spring. Journal of Hydrology 332: 158-173.

Ravenscroft, P., Burgess, W.G., Ahmed, K.M., Burren, M., Perrin, J. 2005. Arsenic in groundwater of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: Distribution, field relations, and hydrogeological setting. Hydrogeology Journal 13 (5-6): 727-751.

Perrin, J., Pochon, A., Jeannin, P.-Y., Zwahlen, F., 2004: Vulnerability assessment in karstic areas: validation by field experiments. Environmental Geology 46 (2): 237-245.

Perrin, J., Jeannin, P.-Y., Zwahlen, F., 2003: Epikarst storage in a karst aquifer: a conceptual model based on isotopic data. Milandre site, Switzerland. Journal of Hydrology 279: 106-124.

Perrin, J., Jeannin, P.-Y., Zwahlen, F., 2003: Implications of the spatial variability of the infiltration water chemistry for the investigation of a karst aquifer. Hydrogeology Journal 11 (6): 673-687.