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Education and Research programs at CISM Interdisciplinary Mountain Research Center
Univ. Savoie, France&
the UNESCO Chair in Water Resources (UCWR)and the UNITWIN Network
by Prof. Thierry VILLEMIN
Some key features of UdS12000 students on 3 campus in SavoieFirst place in France for foreign students
exchangesMember of the PRES Grenoble (Pole for
Education and Resarch) with 3 other universities (61000 students)
“Licences” (bachelor), Masters and PhD programs: 3-5-9 sequence
BiologyGeology
GeographyChemistryPhysiology
Centre Interdisciplinaire Scientifique de la
Montagne
Environnemental SciencesPast, present
and future
• 1183 étudiants en 2010, 63 doctorants
Effectif personnels* : • 61 Enseignants-Chercheurs
• 11 Enseignants• 15 Chercheurs (CNRS, IRD)
• 30 IATOS
• 189 Vacataires enseignement extérieurs (4500 HEQTD = 13 TD)
* Présents sur le site du Bourget du Lac
Where is research on water resources at CISM?3 Labs mainly concerned :
CARRTEL (Biology) INRA + UdS (mainly at Thonon)
LCME (Chemistry) UdSEDYTEM (Geology and Geography) CNRS +
UdSFLAME (Lake-Mountain-Environment
Federation)Research coordination (common programs and
equipments) Master Program (still under construction)
FLAME : main objectivesPaleo-environnement et paleo-ecology of mountain areas
and their great lakes. Past responses to human activities (fishing practices, farming, forestry, industry,
urbanization) and to climate changes. Who can we use the OM (Organic Matter) as a trace of these evolutions?
Organic Matter : humic substance, biomarkers, DNA
Ecodynamics, transfert, reactivity and stocking of Organic MicroPollutants and Natural OM in hydrosystems.Biological and physicochemical transfer phenomena and flux evaluation.
What is the function of the different phases contributing to the transfer of OMP and NOM? We would like to better understand how they are stocking, transferring or transforming in hydrosystems like lakes, karsts and mountain drainage basins. This include also soils studies.
PCB (PolyChlorinated Biphenyls), PAH (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) Comparison between great lakes influenced by human activities and isolated
mountain lakes in order to isolate the atmospheric contribution
SOERE GLACPESOERE : « Système d’Observation et d’Expérimentation,
sur le long terme, pour la Recherche en Environnement »GLACPE « Grands LACs PErialpins »
CEMBRO project“Investment for the Future” French program
of 35 billions €, 22 devoted to academic research and high level teaching.
CEMBRO (Environmental Change and Biodiversity: Retro-observation) is defended by a large consortium of labs in Chambery-Grenoble area.
Equipment for a new and powerful analytical center (total 7 M€) : XRF core scanner, Environmental SEM with EDS, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, rare DNA analyze…
Other subjects identified as possible cooperationEvaluation of fish stocks. Eco-genetics and conservation of old fish
speciesWater quality and water treatment (LCME
has strong links with Algeria on this subject)Thermal springsMetrology : exchange on technical practices
CWR and UNITWIN cooperation (1)Identification of the good links to establish
between potential partnersDiscussion between partners or group of
partners by the way of teleconferencesCommon responses to proposalsObjective of common papers for high level
scientific journalsCommon workshop in international
conferences (EGU, Asian meetings …)
CWR and UNITWIN cooperation (2)Common or shared courses for master
degrees in English followed by webminar, teleseminar or DVD
Multilateral exchange for students (practical research experience for master degrees, English plus basic knowledge of the language of the destination country)
Common phD : specific models or analyses made where competences are. Research time shared through different centers
Human and financial resourcesThe coordination of the CWR & UNITWIN at
UdS must be included in the service of the scientist in charge of it.
The coordinator must be helped by a full time assistant (engineer).
Specific resources must be found for this work and related expenses: call could be made to some major companies
Specific resources must be found to cover travel and