Olivier Namur
EAG Councillor
Olivier Namur is an assistant professor of Petrology in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the KU Leuven (Belgium). He obtained a PhD in Geology from the University of Liege (Belgium) in 2011 and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at several institutes (University of Cambridge, University of Hannover, University of Liege) between 2011 and 2017. He is an igneous petrologist investigating crustal formation on Earth and other terrestrial planets. His work is grounded in field observation, supplemented by mineralogical and geochemical analysis backed up with thermodynamical calculations and experimental petrology. He currently leads a research group investigating the effect of crustal thickness on the composition and mineralogy of basaltic lavas erupting from presently active volcanoes. He is also closely involved in the ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury.