Sylvain Kuppel

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14 avenue Edouard Belin
31400 Toulouse

Research

Terrestrial water cycle. Plant – water interactions. Rock – water interactions. Process-based modelling , conceptual modelling.

Ongoing PhD & master supervision

Diego Chavez (Aix-Marseille University, France). Co-supervision with Christine Vallet-Coulomb (CEREGE):
Taha Attou (UM6P, Morocco / UT3). Co-supervision with Chehbouni Abdelghani (UM6P), Valérie Demarez (CESBIO) and Mohammed Kharrou (UM6P): Study of groundwater recharge processes at regional scale insemi-arid environment using isotope technique and eco-hydrological modelling

Ongoing PhD collaborator / committee

Juliette Glorieux (UC Louvain, Belgium). Supervision Pierre Delmelle (UCL). Understanding the capacity of enhanced silicate weathering in temperate croplands to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and of its side effects on soil properties, processes and functions.
Kevin Li (U Connecticut, USA). Supervision James Knighton (U Conn): Ecohydrological modelling and stable isotopes in water to study how insect infestation and silviculture impacts water resources.

Modelling tools:

EcH₂O-iso, an ecohydrological model of the critical zone: online repository with case study and user guide.

Publications

Projects

Tracer-informed critical zone modelling to connect water ages with hydrological resources and solute exports [link], France-Berkely Fund, 2021-2022.

DAWA: DAting and tracking underground WAter pathways in a semi-arid agrosystem of the Indian critical zone, CNRS / EC2CO, 2025-2027.

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