Eric Ferré

Eric Ferre
  • Faculty
  • Director
Dr. Ferré is the Director of the School of Geosciences.

Biography

Eric Ferré, PhD, joined the ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø as professor and director of the School of Geosciences in August 2018. He grew up in the Southern, sunny, part of France in a small town near Toulouse and went to college at Université Paul Sabatier, also in Toulouse, where he earned his Honors BSc in 1984, MSc in 1985, PhD in 1989, and Habilitation in 2000. Dr. Ferré held academic positions at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (1996-2001), the University of Wisconsin, Madison (2001-2002) and Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (2002-2018).

Dr. Ferré's current research focuses on deformation of the Earth's lithosphere, both in oceanic and continental settings, both at the geologically slow and seismically fast timescales. His main tools for addressing scientific questions are rock magnetism and paleomagnetism.

Education

Habilitation, Geology, 2000
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France

Ph.D. in Geology, with Honors, 1989
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France

M.Sc. in Geology, with Honors, 1985
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France

B.Sc. in Geology, with Honors, 1984
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Deformation of the Earth's lithosphere, both in oceanic and continental settings, both at the geologically slow and seismically fast timescales

Publications

  • Zamanialavijeh, N., Hosseinzadehsabeti, E., Ferré, E.C., Hacker, D. B., Biek, R.F., and Biedermann, A.R. 2021. Kinematics of frictional melts at the base of the world’s largest terrestrial landslide: Markagunt Plateau, southwest Utah, United States. Journal of Structural Geology, doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104448.
  • Hosseinzadehsabeti, E., Ferré, E.C., Persaud, P., Fabbri, O., and Geissman, J.W. 2021. The Rupture Mechanisms of Intraslab Earthquakes: A Multiscale Review and Re-Evaluation. Earth Science Reviews, doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103782
  • Ferré, E.C., Kupenko, I., Martín-Hernández, F., Ravat, D., and Sanchez-Valle, C. 2020. Magnetic Sources in the Earth’s Mantle. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-00107- x.