Valentin Gueugneau
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Contact
Office: SCA 517
Phone: 813.974.0325
Email
Education
MS volcanology, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2015
PhD in Volcanology: “Study of the formation and propagation mechanisms of ash-cloud
surges by both numerical and experimental modelling”, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans,
Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2018
Supervisor: Karim Kelfoun
Specialty Area
Volcanic Flows, Physical volcanology
Research
Dynamics of Pyroclastic Density Currents using numerical and experimental modelling
Current project at USF: Developing a consensual validation and benchmarking procedure
for Pyroclastic Density Current (PDC) hazard models.
Recent Publications
Articles
Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Druitt T. (2019). Investigation of surge-derived pyroclastic flow formation by numerical modelling
of the 25 June 1997 dome collapse at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Bulletin
of Volcanology vol.81, p.25. DOI:10.1007/s00445-019-1284-y
Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Roche O., Chupin L. (2017). Effects of pore pressure in pyroclastic flows: Numerical simulation and experimental
validation. Geophysical Research Letters vol.44. DOI:10.1007/2017GL072591
Kelfoun K., Gueugneau V., Komorowsk J.C., Aisyah N., Cholik N., Merciecca C. (2017). Simulation of block-and-ash flows and ash-cloud surges of the 2010 eruption of Merapi
volcano with a two-layer model. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth vol.122. DOI:10.1002/2017JB013981
Conferences
Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K. (2018). Combining numerical and experimental modelling to
constrain the surge formation mechanism. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italie, 2-7
Septembre.
Gueugneau V., Kelfoun K., Druitt T. (2018). Numerical modelling of surge-derived pyroclastic
flows (25 June 1997) at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. EGU.
Kelfoun K., Gueugneau V. (2018). VolcFlow: a promising tool for volcanic hazard and
risk assessment. Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italie, 2-7 September.