Contacts

Place and date of birth

Agen, France, 1997

Qualifications

Employment

2025-2026 Temporary Teaching and Research Assistant, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

Language knowledge

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

Outstanding results

Study trips

Membership of scientific and professional organizations

Conference organization

Research grants, scholarships

Awards

Prizes won at scientific competitions

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 relations

Selected conference presentations

2025 Goldschmidt Oral presentation- Lithium as a key tracer of magmatic processes: insights from experimental petrology and the Minoan eruption of Santorini
2024 EGU Poster presentation - Experimental determination of lithium partition coefficients between plagioclase, rhyolitic melt, and H2O vapor
2023 Goldschmidt Poster presentation - Lithium in magmas: a volcanological perspective
IMA 2022 Poster presentation - Ascension rates of magmas in conduit: coupled input of intracrystalline diffusion and decompression experiments

Publications

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