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Hafssa Tounsi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Phone: 510-365-6550

htounsi@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the department of Hydrogeology at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I got my civil engineering degree in Morocco in 2014 and then started my journey as a researcher. My research has always been focused on the modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical and chemical (THMC) processes in geological media, through a global approach based on a macroscopic description of the encountered phenomena. I applied it first to the study of the risk of fault reactivation due to CO2 sequestration, during my internship at Navier Laboratory in France. In my PhD at MINES ParisTech, the industrial application was the use of artificial ground freezing for the exploitation of complex ore deposits. Currently, I work on the computational modeling of coupled THMC processes relevant to radioactive waste disposal in geologic formations.

Education

  • Ph.D, Geosciences and Geoengineering, MINES ParisTech, France, 2015
  • MSc, Mechanics of Soils, Rocks and Structures in their Environment, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France, 2014
  • Civil engineering degree, Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics, Morroco, 2011

Experience

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2020-Present
  • Research Engineer, Centre de Geosciences MINES ParisTech, 2015-2019
  • Research Engineer (Internship), Navier Laboratory, geotechnical team (CERMES), Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, 2015

Awards

  • Pierre Londe Prize, Best Rock Mechanics PhD Thesis for the year 2020 in France, 2020
  • Excellence Scholarship, Excellence scholarship for international students to prepare an MSc degree at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, 2015
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