
- Dynamics of flow and transport in karstified, fractured and porous aquifers;
- Numerical programming and groundwater modelling;
- Environmental changes in karstic context;
- Aquifer characterization;
- Science to public communication.
Mayaud, C., Walker, P., Hergarten, S., Birk, S., 2015. Nonlinear Flow Process (NLFP): a new package to compute nonlinear flow in MODFLOW. Ground Water 53, no. 4: 645-650. doi: 10.1111/gwat.12243.
Mayaud, C., Wagner, T., Benischke, R., Birk, S., 2014. Single event time series analysis in a binary karst catchment evaluated using a groundwater model (Lurbach system, Austria). Journal of Hydrology 511, 628-639. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.024.
Birk, S., Wagner, T., Mayaud, C., 2014. Threshold behavior of karst aquifers: the example of the Lurbach karst system (Austria). Environmental Earth Sciences 72, no. 5: 1349-1356. doi: 10.1007/s12665-014-3122-z.
Mayaud, C., Wagner, T., Benischke, R., Birk, S., 2013. Understanding changes in the hydrological behaviour within a karst aquifer (Lurbach system, Austria). Carbonates Evaporites. doi: 10.1007/s13146-013-0172-3.
Wagner, T., Mayaud, C., Benischke, R., Birk, S., 2013. Ein besseres Verständnis des Lurbach-Karstsystems durch ein konzeptionelles Niederschlags-Abfluss-Modell. Grundwasser 18, no. 4: 225-235. doi: 10.1007/s00767-013-0234-4 (in German).
PhD studies in Hydrogeology (10/2010 – 04/2014):
- University of Graz, Austria;
- Thesis Title: "Groundwater modelling in karst terrains using single-continuum models";
MSc studies in Hydrology and Hydrogeology (10/2009–09/2010):
- Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University, Paris, France;
- Six month exchange at the University of Graz, Austria;
- Thesis Title: "Groundwater modeling in karst terrains: example of the Lurbach system";
MSc studies in Subsurface Geophysics (first year; 10/2008–09/2009):
- Paris Diderot University – Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France;
- Five month internship at SANTEC-Fuchs company, Hürth, Germany;
- Thesis Title: "Groundwater and subsoil decontamination with activated carbon";
BSc studies in Geology (10/2005 – 09/2008):
- Paris Diderot University, Paris, France.
Languages:
- French: native speaker;
- German and Slovene: fluent;
- English: proficient.