Who are we?

The GeoRessources Laboratory brings together Nancy’s most important players in the field of Applied Geology, from Sections 35, 36 and 60 of the CNU and Sections 18 and 30 of the CNRS. GeoRessources is hosted by the University of Lorraine, and has three supervising institutions: the University of Lorraine, INSU CNRS, and a secondary attachment to INSIS CNRS. GeoRessources employs a total of 180 personnel (including part-time) of which more than 100 are permanent members of staff (44 ITA/IATOS, 60 EC/C).

The UMR GeoRessources research activities are based around three main research themes - Geomodelling, Raw Materials, and Geosystems. The “Geomodels” theme is driven by two teams, “Integrative Numerical Geology” and “Multi-Scale Hydro-Geomechanics”. The Raw Materials theme is composed of three teams, “Carbon Resources”, “Mineral Resources” and “Treatment of Resources and Residues”, and the “GeoSystems” theme, related to the anthropogenic use of the geological environment, consists of two teams, “Geological Storage and Geothermal Energy” and “GeoMaterials, Structures and Risks”.

UMR GeoRessources is a member of OSU OTELo, Carnot Institute ICEEL and Labex  Resources 21 . Its members of staff include 20 ENSG research-professors, 10 EMN research-professors, 17 research-professors from the Geosciences department and 3 research-professors associated with three other disciplines.

UMR GeoRessources is based on a transfer centre, ASGA, which facilitates its relationships with industrial partners. GeoRessources has also forged a number of other industrial partnerships through its involvement in the consortium and the STEVAL project. GeoRessources is developing strong and specialized partnerships with the so-called EPIC institutes (BRGM, INERIS, ANDRA, IFPen, IFREMER), some of which, such as the Lorraine INERIS sub-division, are already hosted by GeoRessources.