2018 - presentDirector, HYCAR Research Unit, INRAE-Irstea, France
I have been teaching hydrology since 2002.
I currently teach at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Ecole Polytechnique and Centrale-Supelec.
I am an Assistant Editor for Journal of Hydrology.
2013-2017 Deputy Scientific Director, Cemagref-Irstea, France
1997-2012 Hydrology Group Leader, Cemagref-Irstea, France
1995-1997 Research Hydrologist, Cemagref, France
1995-1995 Agricultural Development Consultant, TACIS program, Armenia
1993-1995 Scientific Attaché, French Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia
2005 Sorbonne Université, Paris - Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches
2002 Sorbonne Université, Paris - Ph. D [Hydrology]
1992 University of Arizona, Tucson - M.Sc [Watershed Management]
1992 ENGREF, Paris - Ingénieur du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts
1991 AgroParisTech (Institut National Agronomique) - Ingénieur Agronome
I am a corresponding member of the Académie Royale des Science d’Outre Mer (Bruxelles), since 2013.
I am the vice-Satrape of the Association Internationale d'Hydrologie Sociale (since 2007), special representative of the Grand Satrape in charge of hydrological traditions (since 2019).
I have received:
the Charles Grad prize from the Société de Géographie (2012)
the Ptolémée prize from the Festival International de Géographie de St Dié (2012)
the Tison prize from the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (2010)