Marie-Françoise André

Marie-Françoise André
Born1953 (age 71–72)
Paris
AwardsCNRS Silver Medal
Academic background
ThesisSlope processes and holocene evolution on Spitsbergen (Kongsfjord-Wijdefjord, 79 n) (1991)
Doctoral advisorAlain Godard
Academic work
DisciplineGeographer
Sub-disciplineGeomorphology
Erosion
InstitutionsClermont Auvergne University
Blaise Pascal University

Marie-Françoise André (born 1953 in Paris) is a French geographer and geomorphologist specialising in landscape architecture in the polar regions (Labrador, Spitsbergen, Lapland, Antarctica). She also researched stone erosion in the context of heritage preservation, particularly in Angkor. Her work was awarded the silver medal from CNRS, the French national centre for scientific research.

Biography

André completed her third-cycle thesis on the geomorphological evolution of Northern Labrador in 1981.[1] Her state doctoral thesis was focused on the evolution of slopes in Spitsbergen. Advised by Alain Godard, she defended the thesis in 1991.[2]

A teacher-researcher in geomorphology, she was a member of CNRS's URA 1562 team in Clermont-Ferrand in 1993. That same year, she joined the newly founded Physical and Environmental Geography Laboratory (GEOLAB) in the same year.[3] She was director of GEOLAB for nine years, from 1998-2007.[3]

She studied landscape changes over time and the influence of climatic variations in Swedish Lapland and the Antarctic Peninsula.[4] She also published epistemological work on geomorphology [5] and French research on the poles.[6]

She lectured at the University of Limoges in 1994. From 1997-2016 she was a professor of geography at Blaise Pascal University.[4]

In the 2010s, André conducted research on stone erosion in historic monuments.[7] As part of the multidisciplinary Ta Keo project in Angkor her team used photogrammetry and geomatics to demonstrate deforestation had contributed to the temple's deterioration.[8][9] For work on the degradation of monuments, as well as developing links between geomorphology and heritage,[10] she was awarded a silver medal from CNRS.[11] She continued her research in the French Massif Central,[12] in Southern America's Guyana[13] and in the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Cyprus.

She was a senior member of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF, Academic Institute of France) from 2010–2015.[14]

On 1 January 2017, Blaise Pascal University became part of the University Clermont Auvergne, where she continued to teach. She is a member of the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer (Academy of Overseas Sciences).[15]

Currently a Professor Emeritus, André is a doctoral advisor for student theses and publishes about polar landscapes.[16]

Awards

Publications

  • Monique Fort, Marie-Françoise André (2016-10-02). Landscapes and Landforms of France. Springer. p. 296. ISBN 978-9402406696.
  • Alain Godard, Marie-Françoise André (2013-07-30). Les milieux polaires. Armand Colin. p. 460.
  • Fabienne Lemarchand, Marie-Françoise André et Frédérique Rémy (2011-11-24). Cap sur les pôles : 100 questions sur les mondes polaires. Omniscience. p. 222.
  • Le monde polaire : Mutations et transitions. Ellipses. 2005-12-14. p. 187.

Notes and references

  1. ^ André, Marie-Françoise (1981). "Le bourrelet du Labrador : Morphologie continentale et sédimentation bordière". Hommes et Terres du Nord (in French). 3 (1): 1–12. doi:10.3406/htn.1981.1770. ISSN 0018-439X.
  2. ^ "Les dynamiques spatio-temporelles d'un petit hydrosystème arctique : approche nivo-glaciologique dans un contexte de changement climatique contemporain (bassin du glacier Austre Lovén, Spitsberg, 79°N)". theses.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-11..
  3. ^ a b "Site web de la BNF". Retrieved 2021-03-11..
  4. ^ a b "Marie-Francoise André". Laboratoire de Géographie Physique et Environnementale. Retrieved 2022-01-21..
  5. ^ André, Marie-Françoise (2002). "La recherche française en géomorphologie : état des lieux et pistes de réflexion (Recent trends in French geomorphology)". Bulletin de l'Association de Géographes Français. 79 (1): 15–27. doi:10.3406/bagf.2002.2251. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  6. ^ André, Marie-Françoise (2003). "Arctique-Antarctique : tendances actuelles de la recherche géographique française (Recent trends in french polar geographical research)". Bulletin de l'Association de Géographes Français. 80 (4): 343–348. doi:10.3406/bagf.2003.2342. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  7. ^ André, Marie-Françoise (July 2011). "Detecting and predicting climate effects on cultural stone deterioration". Scientific Computing and Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  8. ^ André, Marie-Françoise; Warscheid, Thomas (2012). "The protective role of trees and biofilms in the Angkor archaeological park and related heritage sites". International Co-ordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor. UNESCO: 46–48. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  9. ^ André, Marie-Françoise; Mercier, Denis; Étienne, Samuel; Voldoire, Olivier (2008). "Approche géographique de l'érosion des temples d'Angkor : enjeux et perspectives (Geographical approach of the Angkor temple degradation : current issues and prospect)". Bulletin de l'Association de Géographes Français. 85 (1): 105–117. doi:10.3406/bagf.2008.2603. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  10. ^ André, Marie-Françoise; Ambert, Martine; Delannoy, Jean-Jacques; Hoblea, Fabien; Reynard, Emmanuel (2013), Mercier, Denis (ed.), "Géomorphologie et patrimoine.", Géomorphologie de la France, Dunod, pp. 201–214, retrieved 2024-03-02
  11. ^ a b CNRS (2011). "Médailles d'argent du CNRS - Les lauréats 2011" (PDF). cnrs.fr. Retrieved 2014-02-05..
  12. ^ André, Marie-Françoise; Phalip, Bruno; Bonneau, Julia; Robert, Murielle (2008). "La durabilité de la pierre monumentale des églises du Massif central : éléments de diagnostic et perspectives de recherche (Stonework durability of the French massif central churches : preliminary diagnosis and future developments)". Bulletin de l'Association de Géographes Français. 85 (1): 95–104. doi:10.3406/bagf.2008.2602. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  13. ^ André, Marie-Françoise; Boivin, Pierre; Goron, Anne-Laure; Roussel, Erwan (2013). "Mission " Roches gravées de Guyane " (20-30 juin 2013)". Rapport d'étape. Direction des Affaires Culturelles de Guyane: 39 pages. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  14. ^ Institut universitaire de France (2011-10-13). "Présentation de Marie-Françoise André". iufrance.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-23..
  15. ^ Académie des sciences d'outre-mer. "Présentation de Marie-Françoise André". academieoutremer.fr. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-05..
  16. ^ "Base de données IDREF". IDREF. Retrieved 2021-03-11..
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