Speaker Biographies
Nathalie Dörflinger, Danone Waters
Nathalie Dörfliger, PhD Hydrogeologist (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1996) + Habilitation to conduct research (University of Montpellier, 2012), has started her career after a PhD regarding Karst groundwater protection with the development of EPIK method, integrated in the Swiss environmental regulation, for delineation of protection areas of capture work for water supply. Between 1998 and 2019, she pursued a career at the BRGM, the French geological survey, specifically in groundwater resource management in various geological settings (karst, coastal porous aquifers, hard rock) but also via scientific management of team and division addressing other environmental issues, and in scientific strategy. She supervised about 10 PhD students since 2004 and more than 25 MSc students, and was member of several PhD and HDR juries. She participated to establish the Water JPI strategy at European level. She is also chair of the IHP UNESCO French National committee. She published more than 50 papers in international peer review, book chapters, ) since 1996. Since March 2020 she has joined DANONE, as Watershed Sciences and Stewardship director.
As Watershed sciences expert on integrated water resources management, i.e. namely hydrogeology but also socio economic issues, she is in charge of Watershed sciences at Danone WATERS , through international collaborations (universities, academic organisms) on scientific projects on watershed preservation, with participation to congress, involvement into commissions of international sciences associations,… and co-leading of MSc or PhD students from Danone or external. She maintains and develops an international network of scientists and experts in the field of Water sciences, specifically on pluri-disciplinary approach of watershed preservation (hydrogeology, hydrogeophysics, socio economics). She is leading the Water Stewardship implementation plan of DANONE WATERS, with implementation of scientific founded projects on priority watersheds, concerning hydrogeological and socio-economic compounds.
Alireza Malehmir, Uppsala University
Alireza Malehmir is Professor of Applied Geophysics at Uppsala University-Sweden and the Chair of the Near Surface Geoscience Division of EAGE. He was the principal investigator of the H2020 funded Smart Exploration project and has run several research-industry projects in various continents. His research works cover from near surface to lithospheric-scale understanding of geological processes including new instruments and innovative imaging solutions particularly for hardrock environment. He serves on the editorial boards of Geophysical Prospecting and Nature Scientific Reports. He has (co)authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.
Léon olde Scholtenhuis is assistant professor in inner city construction innovation at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. He completed his PhD (2015) on the topic of digitalization of buried infrastructure construction projects, and currently leads the research programme (ZoARG | ReDUCE) that focuses reduction of excavation damages through technological innovation (www.zoarg.com).
Léon teaches in M.SC. and B.Sc. programmes of Civil Engineering & Management (Building Information Modelling, Subsurface Infrastructure Engineering, 3D modelling, and Smart Cities), and collaborates with a variety of industry partners to improve the mapping of buried utilities, enhance the use of geophysical tools in construction, and develop digital models that facilitate the energy transition in Dutch residential neighborhoods.
His involvement in EAGE is predominantly to cross fertilize from knowledge in the domain of geophysicists, Civil Engineering, and (Digital) Construction Management.
Catherine Truffert, IRIS Instruments
Catherine serves IRIS Instruments as the CEO since March 2017, managing day to day operations, working in research and innovation with electrical engineers and geophysicists and, tackling new challenges with customers and partners.
With a large experience in Geosciences, Catherine has proven her capacity to interact at all levels, from top to bottom, with industry and public organizations. She wishes to meet the challenge posed by the gap between industry and academia which can be bridged by listening, understanding, partnership, and cross-fertilization. Holding a PhD in Geophysics, she worked for more than twenty years in the FrenchGeological Survey, the BRGM. She developed strong expertise in research (geology, seismic, gravity, airborne geophysics…), business development (strategic and business plan, R&D programs, innovation, intellectual property …), and management. She successively led the Geology Department and theResearch Division of the BRGM before joining IRIS Instruments as CEO. She sat on numerous boards of directors, organizations, and scientific comities in France and abroad.
Her permanent goals are searching excellence, ethics and value creation for shareholders, customers, and employees. With meaningful actions and creativity, she puts her marks in the day-to-day leadership.