
- 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.
Leins, T., Scheller, M., Özdemir Çallı, K., Ravbar, N., Mayaud, C., Petrič, M., Liu, Y., Hartmann, A., 2025. A new process-based approach for defining karst aquifer vulnerability to contamination risks under global changes. Science of the Total Environment 966, 178561. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178561.
Ravbar, N., Mulec, J., Mayaud, C., Blatnik, M., Kogovšek, B., Petrič, M., 2023. A comprehensive early warning system for contamination risk assessment of karst water sources, case study of the Unica springs, SW Slovenia. Science of The Total Environment 885, 163958. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163958.
Ćuk Đurović, M., Petrič, M., Jemcov, I., Mulec, J., Grudnik, Z. M., Mayaud, C., Blatnik, M., Kogovšek, B., Ravbar, N., 2022. Multivariate statistical analysis of hydrochemical and microbiological natural tracers as a tool for understanding karst hydrodynamics (the Unica springs, SW Slovenia). Water Resources Research, 58, e2021WR031831. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031831.
Koit, O., Mayaud, C., Kogovšek, B., Vainu, M., Terasmaa, J., Marandi, A., 2022. Surface water and groundwater hydraulics of lowland karst aquifers of Estonia. Journal of Hydrology 610, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127908.
Mayaud, C., Kogovšek, B., Gabrovšek, F., Blatnik, M., Petrič, M., Ravbar, N., 2022. Deciphering the water balance of poljes: example of Planinsko Polje (Slovenia). Acta Carsologica 51/2, 43-65. doi: 10.3986/ac.v51i2.11029.
Ravbar, N., Mayaud, C., Blatnik, M., Petrič, M., 2021. Determination of inundation areas within karst poljes and intermittent lakes for the purposes of ephemeral flood mapping. Hydrogeology Journal, 29 (1), 213-228. doi: 10.1007/s10040-020-02268-x.
Kaufmann, G., Mayaud, C., Kogovšek, B., Gabrovšek, F., 2020. Understanding the temporal variation of flow di¬rection in a complex karst system (Planinska Jama, Slovenia). Acta Carsologica 49(2-3), 213-228. doi: 10.3986/ac.v49i2-3.7373.
Blatnik, M., Mayaud, C., Gabrovšek, F., 2020. Supplement to the paper “Groundwater dynamics between Planinsko Polje and springs of the Ljubljanica River, Slovenia” from Blatnik et al. (2019) published in Acta Carsologica 48/2. Acta Carsologica 49(1), 143-147. doi: 0.3986/ac.v49i1.8721.
Mayaud, C., Gabrovšek, F., Blatnik, M., Kogovšek, B., Petrič, M., Ravbar, N., 2019. Understanding flooding in poljes: a modelling perspective. Journal of Hydrology 575, 874-889. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.04.092.
Blatnik, M, Mayaud, C., Gabrovšek, F., 2019. Groundwater dynamics between Planinsko Polje and springs of the Ljubljanica River, Slovenia. Acta Carsologica 48 (2), 199-226. doi: https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v48i2.7263.
Wagner, T., Pauritsch, M., Mayaud, C., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Thalheim, F., Winkler, G., 2019. Difference in ground cooling of the blocky surface layers of two nearby relict rock glaciers (Niedere Tauern Range, Austria). Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography. doi: 10.1080/04353676.2019.1670950
Mayaud C., Wagner T., Benischke R., Birk, S., 2016. Understanding changes in the hydrological behaviour within a karst aquifer (Lurbach system, Austria). Carbonates Evaporites 31 (4), 357-365. doi: 10.1007/s13146-013-0172-3.
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 (4), 645-650. doi: 10.1111/gwat.12243.
Birk S., Wagner T., Mayaud, C., 2014. Threshold behavior of karst aquifers: the example of the Lurbach karst system (Austria). Environmental Earth Sciences 72 (5), 1349-1356. doi: 10.1007/s12665-014-3122-z.
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.
Wagner T., Mayaud C., Benischke R., Birk, S., 2013. Ein besseres Verständnis des Lurbach-Karstsystems durch ein konzeptionelles Niederschlags-Abfluss-Modell. Grundwasser, 18 (4), 225-235. doi: 10.1007/s00767-013-0234-4.
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.