Public Thesis Defense of Valerio Filice: "Analysis of gravity and rotation measurements using probabilistic inference of planetary interior for the design of geodesic experiments: application to icy moons" SummaryIn this thesis, we address the limitations of conventional iterative mission design in planetary science.

Anne-Sophie Le Gal will give a seminar entitled "Projet ENVOLtaïque Ouest : évolutions de l’avifaune suite à l’implantation de parcs dans les écosystèmes terrestres et influence des modalités de conceptions".This seminar is organised by the ELI-V (Ecology and Biodiversity) division of the Earth and Life Institute.Anne-Sophie Le Gal has a Ph.D in Ecology.

On November 26, the Earth and Life Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Ugur Öztürk for an ELI Sustainability Talk entitled "The growing threat of landslides in a changing climate and expanding cities". The replay of the conference is available here.  The guestDr.

Dr. Belinda Loh will give a seminar entitled "Phage rivalry and receptor rharing in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae".This seminar is organised by the ELI-M (Applied microbiology) division of the Earth and Life Institute.Dr.

Public Thesis Defense of Anupama Kuttikkat Xavier: "Variability and predictability of blocking regimes from idealised to general circulation models" SummaryAtmospheric blocking patterns, defined by persistent high-pressure systems that disrupt the midlatitude circulation, are pivotal elements of weather variability and key drivers of extreme events such as prolonged cold spells, heatwaves, dr

Merlin Mareschal will give a seminar entitled "Enhancing the understanding of sub-daily physical processes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum through microwave measurements".This seminar is organised by the ELI-E (Environmental Sciences) division of the Earth and Life Institute.

Zhipeng Wu will give a seminar entitled "Forcing mechanisms of the half-precession cycle in the western equatorial Pacific temperature".This seminar is organised by the ELI-C (Earth and Climate) division of the Earth and Life Institute.Zhipeng Wu is a Postdoctoral Researcher of F.R.S.-FNRS at Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain.

Basile Boland will give a seminar entitled "Lidaxes: runoff mapping over the Walloon region".This seminar is organised by the ELI-E (Environmental Sciences) division of the Earth and Life Institute.

Public thesis defense of Cécile Renier TeaserWe are going to talk about cocoa deforestation, land demand for sustainability, trade-offs, limits, root causes of the ecological and climate breakdown, degrowth and care. SummaryTo address the climate and ecological breakdown, multiple forms of interventions are being deployed, such as zero-deforestation commitments for commodity supply chain

Public Thesis Defense of Xiaojing Ou "Soil organic carbon spatial and temporal variability influenced by cultivation in the Miombo woodland of central Africa"  SummarySoil organic carbon (SOC) underpins soil health, agricultural productivity, and is essential in the global carbon cycle.