Philippe Agard

Philippe Agard is a Full Professor at Sorbonne Université, specializing in Earth Sciences with a focus on metamorphic petrology, subduction dynamics, and obduction processes. He has held positions at Sorbonne Université (formerly UPMC) since 1999 and leads research at Laboratoire ISTEP.

• Education: Master's at Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris (1994), PhD in Material Sciences (1999), HDR (2007)

His research explores high-pressure metamorphic rocks, plate interface mechanics, and tectonic evolution in regions like the Alps, Oman, and Zagros. Key projects include TRIGGER (French-Iran collaboration) and Marie Curie ITN ZIP.

Scientific awards include election to the Institut Universitaire de France (2016) and Fellowships at Ecole Normale Supérieure (1991). He has coordinated major international collaborations and secured significant research grants.

Philippe Agard has supervised 12 PhD students, 3 Postdocs, and 17 MSc students. He teaches courses in geosciences, metamorphism, and geodynamics, and has delivered seminars at institutions like Oxford and Beijing University.

Institutional roles include Head of Earth Science Undergraduate Studies at UPMC, Deputy-Head of "Terre vivante et environnement" division, and Board Member of the Tectonics division of the EGU.