Sophie Verheyden

Earth and History of life

Sophie Verheyden

 

Sophie Verheyden is a senior scientist. She is currently coordinating the research activities at the institute and, with ResO colleagues, providing a support to the researchers at the institute. Besides, she has expertise in the cave environment and conducts research on speleothems as archives of past climate, environments, earthquakes, pollution and human occupation.

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Function

Team: Research Office (ResO)
Research theme: Past interactions between Humans and Nature; Geosciences for a Sustainable Society

 

Current Project(s)

  • LEAP- The impact of abrupt climate changes on society and environment in Belgium

 

  • GeoHeritage and UNESCO Global Geoparks: https://www.geoparkfamenneardenne.be/ 
    https://www.scheldedelta.eu/en
     
  • The Bruniquel Cave

 

Dissemination activities

On the Bruniquel cave:

Néandertal, le mystère de la grotte de Bruniquel- ARTE film​​​​​

Secrets of the Neanderthals - Netflix Documentary

 

Publication highlights

Verheyden S., Delaby S., Dejonghe L., Devleeschouwer X., Dusar M., Speijer R., 2024., Durbuy Anticline, Belgium., the second 100 IUGS geological heritage sites. Ed. By the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) 292 p.: 32. https://iugs-geoheritage.org/geoheritage_sites/durbuy-anticline/ (site n° 106) See also: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/durbuy-anticline-dd0640577cb241e3bca99e6ea5b4fef5

Verheyden S., Marinova E. Ivanova S., Burlet C., Cheng H., Edwards L.R., Goovaerts T. and Gurova M., 2021. Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria – A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans. Journal of Quaternary Science 36(7) 1221 1233.

Jaubert J.*, Verheyden S.*, Genty D.*, Soulier M., Cheng H., Blamart D., Burlet Ch., Camus H., Delaby S., Deldicque D., Edwards L.R., Ferrier C., Lacrampe-Cuyaubère F., Lévêque F., Maksud F., Mora P., Muth X., Régnier E., Rouzaud J-N. and Santos F., 2016. Early Neandertal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France. Nature 534: 111 114. (*equal work).