Eric GILLI

age: 44 years
occupation: geologist - professor at Paris VIII University
nationality: French,

address: 8, place Garibaldi - 06300 - Nice - France phone: 33 - (0)493 55 90 07
fax: 33 - (0)493 55 97 06 mobile: 33 - (0)6 16 49 40 46
e-mail: gilli@worldnet.fr ou gilli@karstology.com

Sports and hobbies:
Speleology since 1976., diving since 1980 , underground photographer .

Diploms:
1998 HDR (habilitation for research direction)
1984 - Doctorate of geology - University of Marseille
1981 - D.E.A. of geography - Aix en Provence
1980 - Mastery of geology - Nice

Foreign languages: english, spanish, turkish.

• 2001: Professor at Paris VIII University
• 1992: director of CEK-Nice, teacher at Nice University
• 1991: technical director of GEOTEC gold mine - Madagascar
• 1985 - 1990: private geologist in Nice
• 1982-1983: geologist in Electricité de France Paris
• Awards: ROLEX (1987) ROLEX (1996), Renault, Kodak, National Géographic Magazine, Elf, Figaro Magazine.

• 1993: Natural History Museum in Nice , 1986: Nature Museum in Eze, 1980-1994: Nice University

Publications:

• 1995 - La Spéléologie - coll. Que-Sais-Je?709 - PUF - Paris
• 1998 - L'exploration spéléologique et ses techniques Que-Sais-Je? 3362 - PUF - Paris
• 1998 - Eaux et rivières souterraines Que-Sais-Je? 3362 - PUF - Paris

Other publications:

Main references:
France: University of Nice, University of Marseille, Ministry of Environnement, Electricity of France. IPSN (Institute for nuclear protection and security)
Monaco: Service of Environnement
Costa Rica: ICE (Costarican Institute of Electricity)