Valentin Gueugneau
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Contact
Office: SCA 517
Phone: 813.974.0325
Email
Education
MS volcanology, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2015
PhD in Volcanology: “Study of the formation and propagation mechanisms of ash-cloud
surges by both numerical and experimental modelling”, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans,
Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2018
Supervisor: Karim Kelfoun
Specialty Area
Volcanic Flows, Physical volcanology
Research
Dynamics of Pyroclastic Density Currents using numerical and experimental modelling
Current project at USF: Developing a consensual validation and benchmarking procedure
for Pyroclastic Density Current (PDC) hazard models.
Recent Publications
Articles
Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Druitt T. (2019). Investigation of surge-derived pyroclastic flow formation by numerical modelling
of the 25 June 1997 dome collapse at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Bulletin
of Volcanology vol.81, p.25.
Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Roche O., Chupin L. (2017). Effects of pore pressure in pyroclastic flows: Numerical simulation and experimental
validation. Geophysical Research Letters vol.44.
Kelfoun K., Gueugneau V., Komorowsk J.C., Aisyah N., Cholik N., Merciecca C. (2017). Simulation of block-and-ash flows and ash-cloud surges of the 2010 eruption of Merapi
volcano with a two-layer model. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth vol.122.
Conferences
Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K. (2018). Combining numerical and experimental modelling to
constrain the surge formation mechanism. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italie, 2-7
Septembre.
Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Druitt T. (2018). Numerical modelling of surge-derived pyroclastic
flows (25 June 1997) at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. EGU.
Kelfoun K., Gueugneau V. (2018). VolcFlow: a promising tool for volcanic hazard and
risk assessment. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italie, 2-7 September.