ORCID profile 0000-0001-5132-6228 (to be updated)

Education

• 2013-2016 PhD in petrology and geochemistry, Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia). Thesis ranked in the top 10%

• 2009-2011 MSc in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse (France). Top of the class, with honours

• 2007-2010 BSc in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse (France).

Employment

• Since 2025 Permanent researcher, Chargé de recherche CNRS, classe normale (CRCN), Géosciences Montpellier UMR 5243, Montpellier (France)

• 2022-2025 Post-doctoral researcher, Juan de la Cierva Incorporación (JdC-I) Fellowship, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT / CSIC), Granada (Spain)

• 2020-2022 Post-doctoral researcher, Juan de la Cierva Formación (JdC-F) Fellowship, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT / CSIC), Granada (Spain)

• 2020 Post-doctoral researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa (Japan)

• 2017-2019 Research Associate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS / GEMOC), Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

• 2012-2016 PhD candidate, International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES), ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS / GEMOC), Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

Fundings

• 2024-2027 The role of water in deep oceanic magmatism: thermodynamics, thermo-chemical feedbacks and kinetic implications (REACTION), Junta de Andalucia - Programa Emergia (Spain), 4-year fellowship + 75000€, PI: R. Tilhac, Ref. DGP_EMEC_2023_00291 (awarded but declined due to appointment to permanent CNRS position),

• 2022-2024 Modelling arc recycling in the oceanic mantle using radiogenic isotope systems (OCEANS), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento (Spain), 45000€ (2 years), PI: R. Tilhac, Ref. PID2021-122792NA-I00

• 2021-2023 Archean mantle and plate tectonics : the seismic and geochemical record, Mineral Targeting International (MTI), Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia), 40000 AU$ (2 years), PI: G.C. Begg

• 2022-2025 Juan de la Cierva Incorporación (JdC-I) Fellowship, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Ayudas Juan de la Cierva (Spain), 2-year fellowship + 6000€, Ref. IJC2020-044739-I

• 2020-2022 Juan de la Cierva Formación (JdC-F) Fellowship, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Ayudas Juan de la Cierva (Spain), 2-year fellowship, Ref. FJC2018-036729-I

• 2020 JSPS Short-term Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Japan), 1-year fellowship + 6000€, Ref. PE19050

• 2013-2016 iMQRES Scholarship, International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship, Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia), 3.5-year scholarship + 47000AU$, Ref. 2013091

Teaching & supervision

• 2024 MSc thesis (Louise Garbet): “Caractérisation isotopique Lu-Hf des pyroxénites de l’arc du Kohistan et impact de la délamination d’arc sur le magmatisme océanique”, Université de Bretagne Occidentale + Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT / CSIC)

• 2018 MSc thesis (Matthew Smith) “Dating the Donkerhuk granite, Damara Orogen, Namibia”, Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

• 2015-2018 PhD thesis (Henry Henry) “Mantle pyroxenites: deformation and seismic properties”, Paul Sabatier University (co-tutelle) + Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

• 2017-2019 MSc lectures (8h): Modelling of trace-element fractionation during magmatic processes, Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

• 2014-2015 BSc field tutoring (50h + exam marking): Structural and metamorphic geology (Hill End, NSW), Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia)

Organisation of scientific events

• October 2024 Field trip to the mantle section to the Cabo Ortegal Complex, Tilhac, R., Lopez-Sanchez, M.A., Llana-Fúnez, S., Padrón-Navarta, J.A. 7th Orogenic Lherzolite conference, Oviedo (Spain)

• July 2023 Insights on the formation, preservation & transport of mantle compositional heterogeneities. Beguelin, P., Tilhac, R., Le Roux, V., Sanfilippo, A., Afonso, J.C. Goldschmidt conference 2023 - Session 2f, Lyon (France)

• July 2021 Mantle heterogeneity: origins & contribution to magmatism & implications for mantle dynamics Tilhac, R., Lambart, S., Lissenberg, J., Sanfilippo, A. Goldschmidt conference 2021 - Session 2e, Lyon (France, online)

• June 2020 Development and recycling of chemical and isotopic heterogeneities in the sub-arc mantle: observations, models and experiments, Tilhac, R., Garrido, C. Goldschmidt conference 2020 - Session 3a, Hawaii (USA, online)