Recent publications

Schouten, H., D.K. Smith, L.G.J. Montési, W. Zhu, and E. M. Klein, 2008. Cracking of lithosphere north of the Galapagos triple junction, Geology, 36(5), 339–342, doi:10.1130/G24431A.1. Link to article

Montési, L.G.J., and M.D. Behn, 2007. Mantle flow and melting underneath Mid-Ocean Ridges, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L24307, doi:10.1029/2007GL031067. Link to article

Zhu W., L.G.J. Montési, and T.-f. Wong, 2007. A micromechanics model of stress-induced anisotropic permeability reduction during compactive cataclastic flow, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B10207, doi:10.1029/2006JB004456. Link to article

Gregg, P., J. Lin, M.D. Behn, and L.G.J. Montési, 2007. Spreading rate dependence of the gravity structure of oceanic transform faults. Nature, 448, 183-187, doi: 10.1038/nature05962. Link too article

Montési, L.G.J., 2007. A constitutive model for layer development in shear zones near the brittle-ductile transition. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L08307, doi:10.1029/2007GL029250. Link to article


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Education

1996-2002

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Ph. D., Geophysics

Thesis Title: Localization Instability and the Origin of Regularly-Spaced Faults in Planetary Lithospheres; Defended October 1st, 2001

1993-1996

École Normale Supérieure, Univ., Paris VI, VII, XI, XIII, Paris, France

Magistère Interuniversitaire de Physique

Specializations: Geophysics, Fluid Mechanics

1995-1996

University Paris XI, Orsay, France and École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

D.E.A. Geodynamics and Physics of the Earth

1993-1995

University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

Maîtrise in Physics

Licence in Physics

1991-1993

University Raymond Poincaré (Nancy I), Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

DEUG A, Sciences

Specializations: Physics, Earth sciences

Employment

2007-present

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Assistant Professor, Department of Geology

2001-2007

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

Postdoctoral Scholar, Postdoctoral Investigator, Assistant Scientist, Associate Scientist

2007

École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Visiting Professor (one month)

1996-2001

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Ph.D. Canditate

1996

University Paris XI, Orsay, France

Intern (3 months)

1995

Stony Brook University, NY, USA

Intern (6 months)

1994

University Raymond Poincaré (Nancy I), Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

Intern (1 month)

Teaching

University of Maryland College Park

GEOL100, Physical Geology

GEOL489A/GEOL789A, Seismology

MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography

12.521 Computational Geodynamics Modeling (with Jian Lin)

12.756 Geodynamics seminar: The Early Earth (with Glenn Gaetani)

Graduate Student Supervision

Caleb Mills (2004-2006)

Undergraduate Student Supervision

Jill Gribbin (2008-present)

Garett Mitchell (2007-present)

Piyapa Dejtrakulwong (summer 2005)

Postdoc supervision

Roewna Lohman (2004-2006, with Jeff McGuire)

Other student and postdoctoral collaborators

Patricia M. Gregg (MIT/WHOI Graduate student)

Andrea Llenos (MIT/WHOI Graduate student)

Jennifer L. Barry (WHOI Summer Student Fellow)

Anne Deschamps (WHOI Postdoctoral Fellow)

Publications

Following this link to publications page for a list of publications

The sponsors' corner

My research is possible thanks to the support of the National Science Fundation and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.