Maylis de Dinechin

PhD
Research Fellow
maylis.dedinechin [at] csfk.org
https://geochem.hu/staff/maylis.dedinechin/maylis.dedinechin_en.html
Place and date of birth
Agen, France, 1997
Qualifications
2025, PhD in Geology (Volcanology), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
2021, Master degree, IPGP, Paris, France
2019, Bachelor degree, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
Employment
2025-2026 Temporary Teaching and Research Assistant, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
Language knowledge
English
French
Spanish
Main fields of research
Silicic volcanism, magmatic petrology, magma storage and pre-eruptive processes, eruption triggers, Lithium and volatile behaviour, Diffusion chronometry and magmatic processes timescales, Mineral geochemistry
Research projects

Interpretation of mineral zonation to understand the spatiotemporal dynamic of magma

Study about behavior of Li in silicic system: experimental approach and analyses of natural samples

Tracing and characterizing magmatic fluids and their impact on chemical element distribution in volcanic system and on the explosivity of eruption

Study about magmatic processes during the final ascent

Study about the origins and parameters that explain the variations of eruptive styles over time in silicic system

Study about behavior of Li in silicic system: experimental approach and analyses of natural samples

Tracing and characterizing magmatic fluids and their impact on chemical element distribution in volcanic system and on the explosivity of eruption

Study about magmatic processes during the final ascent

Study about the origins and parameters that explain the variations of eruptive styles over time in silicic system

Study trips
Santorini (Greece)
Chaine des Puys (France)
Kizimen (Kamchatka)
Teaching
Sorbonne Université, 2021-2026
Teaching in environmental Science, Mineralogy/Petrology/Geochemistry, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks and processes, dynamic Earth, introduction to mapping and field
Mentored undergraduate students in sample preparation, componentry analysis, electron probe microanalysis, and interpretation of some results during laboratory internship
International connections

Hélène Balcone-Boissard

Caroline Martel

Selected publications of the last 5 years

Dupont de Dinechin M, Balcone-Boissard H, Martel C and Rusiecka M (2023) Lithium in felsic magmas: a volcanological perspective. Front. Earth Sci. 11:1149020. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1149020

Dupont de Dinechin M, Ostorero L, Balcone-Boissard H, Boudon G, Belousov A, Belousova M, Costa F (2025) A multimineral approach to decipher pre-eruptive magma dynamics. The case of the 2010 eruption of Kizimen (Kamchatka, Russia). Contribution to petrology and mineralogy doi: 10.1007/s00410-025-02222-8

Dupont De Dinechin, M., Martel, C., Balcone-Boissard, H., Rusiecka, M.K., Champallier, R., Deloule, E., (2025) Experimental determination of lithium partitioning between plagioclase and hydrous rhyolitic melt. Chemical Geology 695, 123047. 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123047

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