Habert Guillaume
Professor
Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
ETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
After studying biology and geology, Guillaume Habert graduated in 1999 from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, with a degree in earth, atmospheric and oceanic studies. In 2004 he completed his PhD in Toulouse (France) on structural geology. His research was based on the relations between internal structures in granites and the tectonic context. He focused on three case studies located in the Sierra Nevada (California, USA), the Colorado plateau (Utah, USA) and the Cyclades islands (Greece). After his PhD Guillaume Habert used his knowledge of natural rocks mineralogy to explore how specific clays and pozzolans can be used as a cement substitute. This work, funded by the CNRS and Lafarge, was followed by a post doctorate position at the Federal University of Paraiba (Brazil). In Brazil he looked into how waste products from the ceramic industry, can be used as pozzolanic materials to improve the mechanical and water resistance of adobes.
Research Interest
Life Cycle Assessment Alternative materials Material and economic flow analysis
