Hélène
Le MévelShe/Her
Hélène Le Mével studies volcanoes using space and field-based geodesy. She uses measurements of ground deformation from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), and from the Global Positioning System (GPS) to characterize ground motion during volcanic unrest. She also collects and analyzes gravity data indicating mass and/or density variations underground.
Together with analytical and numerical models, these data sets allow her to investigate the dynamic magmatic processes responsible for the observed surface deformation. She also has interests in submarine volcanism and uses altimetry-derived gravity data and models to study the architecture of the underlying magmatic systems. The goal of her research is to determine the current state of a given magmatic system to better understand precursors to volcanic eruptions.
CV
- University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI, USA PH.D. iN GEOPHYSiCS 2012 – 2016
- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) Paris, France M.S. iN GEOPHYSiCS 2009 – 2011
- Université de Nantes Nantes, France B.S. iN EARTH AND PLANETARY SCiENCES 2006 – 2009
Grants
- National Science Foundation (NSF‑EAR) ‑ Petrology and Geochemistry, Collaborative Research: Integrating Petrochronology, Magma Dynamics, and Volcanic Unrest at the Three Sisters Volcanic Complex, $19,223 (Carnegie, co‑PI), $357,626 (total), 2020 – 2023.
- The Brinson Foundation, Understanding dynamic volcanic processes and the magma plumbing system beneath an active volcano using gravity measurements, $185,360 (Sole PI), 2019 – 2021
Awards
- Schiesser Outstanding Student Research Paper Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Dpt. Geoscience, 2016
- Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA), American Geophysical Union, Geodesy section, 2015
- James J. & Dorothy T. Hanks Graduate Student Award in Geophysics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2014
- Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory | Staff Scientist | Feb. 2017 – Now
- Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism | Postdoctoral Fellow | Aug. 2016 – Jan. 2017
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Geoscience | Graduate Research Assistant | Jan. 2012 – Jun. 2016
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), USGS Hawaii | USGS Volunteer | Aug. 2011 – Dec. 2011
- Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) Paris, France | M.S. Research Intern 2009 - 2011
- 2013 – now International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth’s Interior
- 2010 – now American Geophysical Union
Media and Recorded Talks
The Gravity of Volcanoes: Using Gravity Data to Probe Magma Reservoirs
Hélène Le Mével & Mary Grace Bato | SZ4D MCS Volcano Workshop
Helene Le Mevel Preliminary Field Work