Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff

About Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff

Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, volcanologist, is a University Professor. A former student of the École Normale Supérieure of Saint-Cloud/Lyon (class of 1973), he passed the Aggregation in Earth Sciences (1977) and obtained his Doctorate in State in volcanology (topic: “The pyroclastic flows”) in 1985.

He travels the globe from volcanoes to craters and has assessed numerous eruptions over the past 30 years. His scientific research focuses on eruptive dynamics and the associated natural risks, and more broadly on the evolution of magmas from their deep genesis to their surface emission. His work has been awarded the Furon Prize from the Geological Society of France (1992), of which he was vice-president in 1989, by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2000), and by the A d’Or of Adventure at Angles (2006).

He was a member of the jury for the Aggregation of Life and Earth Sciences (1989-1996) and then for the CAPES (2002-2005, 2010-2013). He leads the journal “Géochronique” of which he was editor-in-chief (1988-1995) before becoming the publication director since 1995.

Regularly invited to radio and television (over 350 appearances), he is the author of more than 360 scientific contributions, videos, and educational CD-ROMs.

He has written about fifteen books, both scientific and for the general public, translated into several languages, including “Volcanologist, From Passion to Vocation,” Vuibert 2009, “World Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis,” Orphie 2010, “Volcanoes and Their Eruptions,” Le Pommier 2010, “Volcanology,” Dunod, 2011, “The Volcano Awakens,” Le Pommier 2012. He has also delivered more than 400 lectures.