Patrice Baby
Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts en Géologie, IRD
Université de Toulouse, CNRS, OMP
14 Av. E. Belin
F-31400 Toulouse
France

Patrice Baby is and geologist and Directeur de Recherche at the IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) and Assistant Director of the LMTG (http://www.lmtg.obs-mip.fr/) in Toulouse, France. His research focuses on the geodynamical evolution of the Central Andes and the western Amazon basin. A multidisciplinary approach, which involves numerous colleagues, is used to understand the timing, spatial history, and tectonic causes of the Neogene Amazonian basin development and associated sedimentary and biologic environments. These studies involve geology, palaeontology, and intensive field works in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. He lived and worked in South America during 15 years, where he participated in numerous expeditions.