"By taking a holistic approach to Earth Sciences my research program addresses how the tectonic and surface processes in active collision orogens interact to shape the physical evolution of the lithosphere at all spatial and temporal scales. The general premises of my research program are investigated through a combination of field, laboratory, and numerical experimental studies. Key questions of my current research program:
- Which processes drive syn-convergence exhumation of crustal eclogites?
- What are the interactions between the upper crustal deformation and mid crustal channel flow?
- How are the stresses transferred between the seismogenic and the ductily flowing crust?
- How do stresses propagate on the plate scale, from an incipient plate breakup area to a convergent boundary zone?
- Are there elements in the morphology of critical Coulomb wedges that can be related to spatio-temporal changes in precipitation rather than to the far- and near-field stresses?
Case studies are performed on several world-class field examples in the Himalaya-Tibet orogenic system and the central European Alps."
