Team

This chair brings together two leading research teams that have established a long-standing collaboration, in particular through the supervision of doctoral theses, joint scientific projects, the coordination of a scientific network and teaching.

• The Geostatistics team of the Geosciences Center (CG) of Mines Paris
(Geoscience Center (CG), Mines Paris)

• The Biostatistics and Spatial Processes Biostatistics and Spatial Processes research unit (BioSP)
du MathNum Department à INRAE

Denis ALLARD

Research director - INRAE
GeoLearning Chair holder

Doctor in geostatistics from the Ecole des Mines de Paris, Denis Allard is Research Director at the Biostatistics and Spatial Processes (BioSP) Research Unit of the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. (INRAE).

Thomas ROMARY

Teacher researcher - Mines Paris PSL
Co-holder of the GeoLearning chair

Thomas Romary, a doctor of mathematics from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Sorbonne University), is a professor in the geostatistics team at the Geosciences Center of Mines Paris PSL.

Lionel BENOIT

Researcher - INRAE

Trained as a geomatician, I gradually turned to geosciences and then geostatistics. Since 2021 I am a research fellow in the BioSP unit of INRAE.

Nicolas DESASSIS

Teacher researcher - Mines Paris PSL
Head of the geostatistical team

Doctor in statistics from the University of Montpellier (University of Science and Technology), Nicolas Desassis is a research fellow and head of the geostatistics team at the Geosciences center of Mines Paris PSL.

Xavier FREULON

Doctor in geostatistics - Mines Paris PSL
Civil engineer

His research focuses on advanced applications of geostatistics to the assessment of natural resources and the quantification of uncertainties. He contributed to the development of geostatistical simulations and nonlinear techniques that have since become common practice.

Edith GABRIEL

Research director - INRAE

HDR researcher, Edith Gabriel is director of research in the Biostatistics and Spatial Processes unit at INRAE ​​– Avignon.

Nicolas LAFON

Researcher - INRAE

Nicolas Lafon holds a doctorate from the University of Paris-Saclay and is a research fellow in the Biostatistics and Spatial Processes unit at INRAE.

Thomas OPITZ

Researcher - INRAE

Doctor in Biostatistics from the University of Montpellier, Thomas Opitz is a researcher in the “Biostatistics and Spatial Processes” unit at INRAE ​​Avignon.

Mike PEREIRA

Teacher researcher - Mines Paris PSL

Doctor in Geostatistics and Applied Probability from Mines Paris PSL, Mike Pereira is in charge of research and teaching within the Geostatistics team of the Geosciences center of Mines Paris PSL.

Gabriel VICTORINO CARDOSO

Gabriel VICTORINO CARDOSO

A doctor of mathematics from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Gabriel Victorino Cardoso is a research and teaching officer in the Geostatistics team at the Geosciences center of Mines Paris PSL.