Aurélie Verney-Carron, University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), France
Biography
Aurélie Verney-Carron is Professor at Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), where she teaches geology and conducts research at Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA). She obtained a PhD in geosciences in 2008 on the study of Roman archaeological glass to better understand the long-term alteration of nuclear waste storage glass. She was then a postdoctoral researcher at the CRPG at Nancy, working on Li isotopes as tracers of silicate weathering. She was then recruited in 2010 at UPEC.
Her research focuses on the application of geochemical methods (characterisation, laboratory experiments, isotope tracers, models, etc.) to heritage objects (stained glass windows, limestone) in order not only to understand their weathering mechanisms and determine the associated kinetics with a view to better preserving them, but also to use them as archives of ancient environmental conditions, especially air pollution.
Motivation for serving the EAG council
As a geochemist working on unusual (heritage) objects, I’m very keen on interdisciplinarity and the Goldschmidt has always been a very fruitful source of exchange and inspiration. I’d like to get involved in the EAG council because the association brings together geochemists from all over the world. So it’s the ideal place to bring together a variety of disciplines, young researchers and more experienced ones, of different genders and origins. The aim is to develop new scientific ideas, linked to current societal problems, but also to reflect on our practices and the organisation of science to move towards greater inclusion, equality and transmission.