Franck Donnadieu

Franck Donnadieu received the Ph.D. degree in volcanology from the Université Clermont II, Clermont-Ferrand, France, in 2000. Since 2002, he has been a Physician Adjoint with OPGC (Lab. Magmas et Volcans), Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France, and was awarded the HDR diploma in 2017. After the Ph.D. he received the NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship with Penn State University (USA). He, then, spent one year with the Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand to specialize in sounding of volcanic explosive eruptions using dedicated transportable radars. As part of the french SNOV (CNRS-INSU), he oversees a unique service (VOLDORAD) dedicated to volcanological Doppler radars comprising four instruments (3 UHF, 1 mm-wave) involved in ten campaigns, one radar being permanently monitoring Etna in collaboration with INGV-OE. He is also teaching courses in geophysics. His research interests include quantifying volcanic jets, plumes dynamics, and source parameters from radar remote sensing. Prof. Donnadieu was the Coordinator of the UCA of the European MED-SUV program (2013–2016) and led the ash plume radar project of the ClerVolc Laboratory of excellence (2015–2018). He was the recipient of the three PEDR and one UCA awards for scientific excellence. Formerly a Member of the French CNAP and SNOV national committees, he is also a Member of IAVCEI, of the Scientific Board on Soufrière de Guadeloupe, of the UCA HDR diploma committee, and of the OPGC administration board.