Letterhead

EDUCATION

Institution Degree Field Year
École Normale Supérieure, France H.D.R.† Supershear Earthquakes 2021/01
Harvard University, USA Ph.D.* Mechanical Sciences 2007/06
Harvard University, USA M.S. Engineering Sciences 2002/06
NITK, India B.E. Civil Engineering 2001/06

† Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches — * Supervised by Prof. J. R. Rice & Dr. R. Dmowska

CURRENT POSITION

Institution Period Role
École Normale Supérieure, France 2024/10 ▸ Present CNRS Director of Research
École Polytechnique, France 2022/09 ▸ Present Teaching Professor (PCC)

PAST POSITIONS

Institution Period Role
École Normale Supérieure, France 2016/05 ▸ 2024/09 CNRS Research Scientist
NISER, India 2021/11 ▸ 2023/11 Visiting Professor
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France 2012/01 ▸ 2016/05 CNRS Research Scientist
University of Southern California, USA 2010/03 ▸ 2011/12 Asst. Professor (Research)
University of Southern California, USA 2007/11 ▸ 2010/03 Post Doctoral Fellow
California Institute of Technology, USA 2007/11 ▸ 2010/03 Visitor in Aeronautics
Harvard University, USA 2007/05 ▸ 2007/10 Post Doctoral Fellow
Harvard University, USA 2001/11 ▸ 2007/05 Grad. Research Associate

FUNDING & GRANTS†

HONORS AND AWARDS

CURRENT TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES AT ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE†

Mécanique du Milieu continus · Mécanique des Solides · Mécanique de la Rupture · Mécanique des matériaux et des structures

STUDENTS

Postdoctoral Associates Current Position
Ankit Gupta (India) 2024–2026
Suli Yao (China) 2025–2027
Navid Kheirdast (Iran) 2022–2025 Post Doctoral Fellow at ISTEP
Michelle Almakari (France) 2021–2023
Carlos D. Villafuerte (Mexico) 2021–2023 Asst. Prof. UNAM
Ekeabino Momoh (Nigeria) 2019–2022 AXA Postdoc Fellow
Lucile Bruhat (France) 2018–2021 Natural Catastrophe Risk Analyst at AXA
Lisa Gordeliy (Russia) 2019–2019 Senior Engineer ResFrac
Marion Y. Thomas (France) 2014–2016 CNRS Scientist at Université de Rennes
PhD Students Current Position
Bharath Shanmugasundaram (India) 2024–2027
Yishuo Zhou (China) 2024–2027
Thomas Melkior (France) 2023–2026
Caiyuan Fan (China) 2023–2027
Jinhui Cheng (China) 2021–2024 Postdoc Caltech
Augustin Thomas (France) 2020–2023 Research Scientist, BRGM
Joseph Flores Cuba (Peru) 2020–2023 Data Scientist PowerBI
Claudia Hulbert (France) 2018–2021 CEO Geolabe
Samson Marty (France) 2017–2020 Postdoc at Caltech
Marshall A. Martinez (USA) 2014–2019 Engineer at Joby Aviation
Kurama Okubo (Japan) 2015–2018 Research Scientist at NIED, Japan
Pierre Romanet (France) 2014–2017 Research Scientist at Cerema, France
Vahe Gabuchian (USA) 2010–2015 Research Scientist at Caltech
François X. Passelègue (France) 2011–2014 CNRS Scientist at GeoAzur, Nice
Jonathan Mihaly (USA) 2008–2013 Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Michael Mello (USA) 2007–2012 Teaching Professor at Caltech
Undergraduate and Masters Interns

Valentin Marnat (2022) · Roxane Ferry (2021) · Jinhui Cheng (2020) · Phillipe Danre (2019) · Roxane Ferry (2019) · Hugo Lestrelin (2019) · Nicolas Mercury (2018) · Luc Illien (2018) · Phillipe Danre (2017) · Eleni Kolokytha (2015) · Victor Barolle (2015) · Kurama Okubo (2014) · Thibaut Perol (2013) · Lucile Bruhat (2012) · Marion Olives (2004) · Sonia Fliss (2003)

PAST TEACHING ACTIVITIES†

Mécanique des Milieux Continus · Active Faults: Geometry · Seismic Ruptures and Scaling Laws · Introduction to Rock Physics · Mathematical Methods in the Sciences · Environmental Risks and Disasters · Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations · Complex and Fourier Analysis · Computational Solid and Structural Mechanics · Solid Mechanics · Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids · Mechanics of Fracture · Advanced Geomechanics · Mécanique de la Fracturation

† Classes taught with various colleagues at Harvard, Caltech, IPGP, ENS

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

REVIEWING ACTIVITIES

American Geophysical Union · Seismological Society of America · International Journal of Fracture · Geological Society of America · Science · Nature · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · European Journal of Mechanics — A/Solids · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · Geophysical Research Letters · Journal of Structural Geology · Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, USA · Geology · Geophysical Journal International · Journal of Applied Mechanics · National Science Foundation · European Research Council · Nature Communications · Nature Geoscience · Science Advances

(2017) (2012) Thomas, Bhat (2022a) Thomas, Bhat (2022b) Bhagat et al. (2026a) Bhagat et al. (2026b) Kheirdast et al. (2026) Garagash et al. (2026) Gupta et al. (2026) Cheng et al. (2026) Zhou et al. (2026) Wang et al. (2026) Almakari et al. (2026) Melkior et al. (2026) Michel et al. (2026) Latour et al. (2025) Cheng et al. (2025) Momoh et al. (2025) Ferry et al. (2025) Petit et al. (2024) Jeandet-Ribes et al. (2023) Marty et al. (2023) Amlani et al. (2022) Jara et al. (2021) Elbanna et al. (2021) Bhat (2021) Jeandet-Ribes et al. (2020) Jolivet et al. (2020) Okubo et al. (2020) Okubo et al. (2019) Marty et al. (2019) Aubry et al. (2018) Klinger et al. (2018) Cruz-Atienza et al. (2018) Thomas, Bhat (2018) Romanet et al. (2018) Gabuchian et al. (2017) Thomas et al. (2017) Passelègue et al. (2017) Perol, Bhat (2016) Passelègue et al. (2016) Mello et al. (2016) Vallage et al. (2015) Frank et al. (2015) Siriki et al. (2015) Mello et al. (2014) Passelègue et al. (2013) Bhat et al. (2012) Bhat et al. (2011) Bhat et al. (2010) Biegel et al. (2010) Mello et al. (2010) Templeton et al. (2010) Harris et al. (2009) Sammis et al. (2009) Templeton et al. (2009) Dunham, Bhat (2008) Bhat et al. (2007a) Bhat et al. (2007b) Bhat (2007) Fliss et al. (2005) Bhat et al. (2004)

BOOKS

Thomas, M. Y., Mitchell, T. M., and Bhat, H. S. (2017). Fault zone dynamic processes : Evolution of fault properties during seismic rupture, geophysical monograph 227. American Geophysical Union (AGU) https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119156895.
Bizzarri, A., and Bhat, H. S. (2012). The mechanics of faulting: From laboratory to earthquakes. Research Signpost.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Thomas, M. Y., and Bhat, H. S. (2022a). Loi de friction et modélisation numérique du cycle sismique. in Le cycle sismique, eds. Rolandone, F., ed. ISTE-Wiley. https://doi.org/10.51926/iste.9038.ch4.
Thomas, M. Y., and Bhat, H. S. (2022b). Friction laws and numerical modeling of the seismic cycle. in The seismic cycle: From observation to modeling, eds. Rolandone, F., ed. ISTE-Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394173709.ch4.

PUBLICATIONS

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2026
Bhagat, R., Sreejith, K., Gahalaut, V., Bhat, H. S., and Bhattacharya, P. (2026a). Complex spatio-temporal migration and triggering mechanisms of a seismic swarm in the indian plate interior. in prep.
Bhagat, R., Sreejith, K., Satriano, C., Gahalaut, V., Bhat, H. S., and Bhattacharya, P. (2026b). Aseismic slip and low-frequency earthquakes within an intraplate seismic swarm: The role of fault network geometry. in prep.
Kheirdast, N., Bhat, H. S., Almakari, M., Gupta, A., Villafuerte, C., Thomas, M. Y., and Dubernet, P. (2026). Energy budget of spectrum of slip dynamics emerging from simplified model of fault and damage zone architecture. to be subm. J. Geophys. Res.
Garagash, D. I., Brantut, N., Bhat, H. S., Schubnel, A., and Jolivet, R. (2026). Low effective stress along faults caused by upwelling fluid flow in laboratory and nature. to be subm. J. Geophys. Res.
Gupta, A., Bhat, H. S., Faulkner, D. R., Bhattacharya, P., and Bollinger, L. (2026). A model for intraplate fault zones using rate and state friction law. to be subm. J. Geophys. Res.
Cheng, J., Bhat, H. S., Almakari, M., Lecampion, B., and Dubernet, P. (2026). Quantifying the role of 3D fault geometry complexities on slow and fast earthquakes. under review Geophys. Res. Lett https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2602.16403.
Zhou, Y., Gupta, A., Aochi, H., Schubnel, A., Ide, S., and Bhat, H. S. (2026). Theoretical constraints on tidal triggering of slow earthquakes. under review J. Geophys. Res https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2602.06703.
Wang, C., Wang, P., Wu, B., Bhat, H. S., Bhattacharya, P., Xie, Y., Xia, K., and Schubnel, A. (2026). Complex fault slip behavior modulated by injection rate with implications to hazard mitigation of induced seismicity. under review Science.
Almakari, M., Kheirdast, N., Villafuerte, C. D., Thomas, M. Y., Dubernet, P., Cheng, J., Gupta, A., Romanet, P., Chaillat, S., and Bhat, H. S. (2026). Fault volume digital twin to reproduce the full slip spectrum, scaling and statistical laws. under review J. Geophys. Res https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.04909.
Melkior, T., Bhat, H. S., and Amlani, F. (2026). Tsunami modeling with dynamic seafloors: A high-order solver validated with shallow water benchmarks. under review J. Comput. Phys https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2508.20596.
Michel, S., Scotti, O., Hok, S., Bhat, H. S., Kheirdast, N., Romanet, P., Almakari, M., and Cheng, J. (2026). A rate-and-state friction based criterion for the probability of earthquake fault jumps. under review J. Geophys. Res https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2501.15948.
2025
Latour, S., Lebihain, M., Bhat, H. S., Twardzik, C., Bletery, Q., Hudnut, K. W., and Passelègue, F. (2025). Direct estimation of earthquake source properties from a single CCTV camera. Science, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz1705.
Cheng, J., Almakari, M., Peruzzo, C., Lecampion, B., and Bhat, H. S. (2025). FASTDASH, a quasi-dynamic 3D seismic cycle model by using boundary element method with h-matrices. Geophys. J. Int https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf230.
Momoh, E., Bhat, H. S., Tait, S., and Gerbault, M. (2025). Volumetric (dilatant) plasticity in geodynamic models and implications on thermal dissipation and strain localization. Geophys. J. Int., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae463.
Ferry, R., Thomas, M. Y., Bhat, H. S., and Dubernet, P. (2025). Depth dependence of coseismic off-fault damage and its effects on rupture dynamics. J. Geophys. Res., e2024JB029787. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024jb029787.
2024
Petit, L., Olive, J.-A., Schubnel, A., Le Pourhiet, L., and Bhat, H. S. (2024). A brittle constitutive law for long-term tectonic modeling based on sub-critical crack growth. to appear in Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gc011229.
2023
Jeandet-Ribes, L., Thomas, M. Y., and Bhat, H. S. (2023). On the importance of setting 3-d stress field in simulations of on- and off-fault deformation. Geophys. J. Int., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad401.
2022
Marty, S., Schubnel, A., Bhat, H. S., Aubry, J., Fukuyama, E., Latour, S., Nielsen, S., and Madariaga, R. (2023). Nucleation of laboratory earthquakes: Quantitative analysis and scalings. J. Geophys. Res., 128. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jb026294.
Amlani, F., Bhat, H. S., Simons, W. J. F., Schubnel, A., Vigny, C., Rosakis, A. J., Efendi, J., Elbanna, A., Dubernet, P., and Abidin, H. Z. (2022). Supershear shock front contribution to the tsunami from the 2018 mw 7.5 palu, indonesia earthquake. Geophys. J. Int., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac162.
2021
Jara, J., Bruhat, L., Thomas, M. Y., Antoine, S., Okubo, K., Klinger, Y., Jolivet, R., and Bhat, H. S. (2021). Signature of transition to supershear rupture speed in coseismic off-fault damage zone. Proc. R. Soc. A., https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0364.
Elbanna, A., Abdelmeguid, M., Ma, X., Amlani, F., Bhat, H. S., Synolakis, C., and Rosakis, A. J. (2021). Anatomy of strike slip fault tsunami genesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025632118.
Bhat, H. S. (2021). Supershear earthquakes. PhD thesis, Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Ecole Normale Supérieure.
2020
Jeandet-Ribes, L., Cubas, N., Bhat, H. S., and Steer, P. (2020). Response of a single fault to transient normal stress change, and implications of large erosional events on the seismic cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl087631.
Jolivet, R., Simons, M., Duputel, Z., Olive, J.-A., Bhat, H. S., and Bletery, Q. (2020). Interseismic loading of subduction megathrust drives long-term uplift in northern chile. Geophys. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl085377.
Okubo, K., Rougier, E., Lei, Z., and Bhat, H. S. (2020). Modeling earthquakes with off-fault damage using the combined finite discrete element method. J. Comp. Part. Mech https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-020-00335-4.
2019
Okubo, K., Bhat, H. S., Rougier, E., Marty, S., Schubnel, A., Lei, Z., Knight, E. E., and Klinger, Y. (2019). Dynamics, radiation and overall energy budget of earthquake rupture with coseismic off-fault damage. J. Geophys. Res., 124. https://doi.org/10. 1029/2019jb017304.
Marty, S., Passelègue, F. X., Aubry, J., Schubnel, A., Bhat, H. S., and Madariaga, R. (2019). Origin of high-frequency radiation during laboratory earthquakes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl080519.
2018
Aubry, J., Passelègue, F. X., Deldicque, D., Girault, F., Marty, S., Lahfid, A., Bhat, H. S., Escartin, J., and Schubnel, A. (2018). Frictional heating processes and energy budget during laboratory earthquakes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl079263.
Klinger, Y., Okubo, K., Vallage, A., Champenois, J., Delorme, A., Rougier, E., Lei, Z., Knight, E. E., Munjiza, A., Satriano, C., et al. (2018). Earthquake damage patterns resolve complex rupture processes. Geophys. Res. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl078842.
Cruz-Atienza, V. M., Villafuerte, C. D., and Bhat, H. S. (2018). Rapid tremor migration and pore-pressure waves in subduction zones. Nat. Commun., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05150-3.
Thomas, M. Y., and Bhat, H. S. (2018). Dynamic evolution of off-fault medium during an earthquake: A micromechanics based model. Geophys. J. Int., https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy129.
Romanet, P., Bhat, H. S., Jolivet, R., and Madariaga, R. (2018). Fast and slow earthquakes emerge due to fault geometrical complexity. Geophys. Res. Lett https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl077579.
2017
Gabuchian, V., Rosakis, A. J., Bhat, H. S., Madariaga, R., and Kanamori, H. (2017). Experimental evidence that thrust earthquake ruptures might open faults. Nature, 545. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22045.
Thomas, M. Y., Bhat, H. S., and Klinger, Y. (2017). Effect of brittle off-fault damage on earthquake rupture dynamics. in Fault zone dynamic processes : Evolution of fault properties during seismic rupture, geophysical monograph 227, eds. Thomas, M. Y., Bhat, H. S., and Mitchell, T. M., eds., pp. 255–280. American Geophysical Union (AGU). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119156895.ch14.
Passelègue, F. X., Latour, S., Schubnel, A., Nielsen, S., Bhat, H. S., and Madariaga, R. (2017). Precursory processes during laboratory earthquakes. in Fault zone dynamic processes : Evolution of fault properties during seismic rupture, geophysical monograph 227, eds. Thomas, M. Y., Bhat, H. S., and Mitchell, T. M., eds., pp. 229–242. American Geophysical Union (AGU). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119156895.ch12.
2016
Perol, T., and Bhat, H. S. (2016). Micromechanics based permeability evolution in brittle materials at high strain rates. Pure Appl. Geophys., 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-016-1354-4.
Passelègue, F. X., Schubnel, A., Nielsen, S., Bhat, H. S., Deldicque, D., and Madariaga, R. (2016). Dynamic rupture processes inferred from laboratory microearthquakes. J. Geophys. Res., 121. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jb012694.
Mello, M., Bhat, H. S., and Rosakis, A. J. (2016). Spatiotemporal properties of sub-rayleigh and supershear rupture velocity fields : Theory and experiments. J. Mech. Phys. Solids, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2016.02.031.
2015
Vallage, A., Klinger, Y., Grandin, R., Bhat, H. S., and Pierrot-Deseilligny, M. (2015). Inelastic surface deformation during the 2013 mw 7.7 balochistan, pakistan, earthquake. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/g37290.1.
Frank, W. B., Shapiro, N. M., Husker, A. L., Kostoglodov, V., Bhat, H. S., and Campillo, M. (2015). Along-fault pore-pressure evolution during a slow-slip event in guerrero, mexico. Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.12.051.
Siriki, H., Bhat, H. S., Lu, X., and Krishnan, S. (2015). A laboratory earthquake-based stochastic seismic source generation algorithm for strike-slip faults. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., https://doi.org/10.1785/0120140110.
2014
Mello, M., Bhat, H. S., Rosakis, A. J., and Kanamori, H. (2014). Reproducing the supershear portion of the 2002 denali earthquake rupture in laboratory. Earth Planet. Sc. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.030.
2013
Passelègue, F. X., Schubnel, A., Nielsen, S., Bhat, H. S., and Madariaga, R. (2013). From sub-rayleigh to supershear ruptures during stick-slip experiments on crustal rocks. Science, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1235637.
2012
Bhat, H. S., Rosakis, A. J., and Sammis, C. G. (2012). A micromechanics based constitutive model for brittle failure at high strain rates. J. Appl. Mech., 79. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4005897.
2011
Bhat, H. S., Sammis, C. G., and Rosakis, A. J. (2011). The micromechanics of westerley granite at large compressive loads. Pure Appl. Geophys., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-011-0271-9.
2010
Bhat, H. S., Biegel, R. L., Rosakis, A. J., and Sammis, C. G. (2010). The effect of asymmetric damage on dynamic shear rupture propagation II: With mismatch in bulk elasticity. Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.03.016.
Biegel, R. L., Bhat, H. S., Sammis, C. G., and Rosakis, A. J. (2010). The effect of asymmetric damage on dynamic shear rupture propagation i: No mismatch in bulk elasticity. Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.03.020.
Mello, M., Bhat, H. S., Rosakis, A. J., and Kanamori, H. (2010). Identifying the unique ground motion signatures of supershear earthquakes: Theory and experiments. Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2010.07.003.
Templeton, E. L., Bhat, H. S., Dmowska, R., and Rice, J. R. (2010). Dynamic rupture through a branched fault configuration at yucca mountain and resulting ground motions. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., https://doi.org/10.1785/012009012110.1785/0120090121.
2009
Harris, R. A., Barall, M., Archuleta, R. J., Dunham, E. M., Aagaard, B., Ampuero, J.-P., Bhat, H. S., Cruz-Atienza, V., Dalguer, L., Dawson, P., et al. (2009). The SCEC/USGS dynamic earthquake rupture code verification exercise. Seismol. Res. Lett., 80. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.80.1.119.
Sammis, C. G., Rosakis, A. J., and Bhat, H. S. (2009). Effects of off-fault damage on earthquake rupture propagation: Experimental studies. Pure Appl. Geophys., 166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-009-0512-3.
Templeton, E. L., Baudet, A., Bhat, H. S., Dmowska, R., Rice, J. R., Rosakis, A. J., and Rousseau, C. E. (2009). Finite element simulations of dynamic shear rupture experiments and dynamic path selection along kinked and branched faults. J. Geophys. Res., B08304. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008jb006174.
2008
Dunham, E. M., and Bhat, H. S. (2008). Attenuation of radiated ground motion and stresses from three-dimensional supershear ruptures. J. Geophys. Res., 113. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007jb005182.
2007
Bhat, H. S., Dmowska, R., King, G. C. P., Klinger, Y., and Rice, J. R. (2007a). Off-fault damage patterns due to supershear ruptures with application to the 2001 Mw 8.1 kokoxili (kunlun) tibet earthquake. J. Geophys. Res., B06301. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006jb004425.
Bhat, H. S., Olives, M., Dmowska, R., and Rice, J. R. (2007b). Role of fault branches in earthquake rupture dynamics. J. Geophys. Res., B11309. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007jb005027.
Bhat, H. S. (2007). Role of geometric complexities and off-fault damage in dynamic rupture propagation. PhD thesis, Harvard University.
2005
Fliss, S., Bhat, H. S., Dmowska, R., and Rice, J. R. (2005). Fault branching and rupture directivity. J. Geophys. Res., B06312. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004jb003368.
2004
Bhat, H. S., Dmowska, R., Rice, J. R., and Kame, N. (2004). Dynamic slip transfer from the denali to totschunda faults, alaska: Testing theory for fault branching. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., https://doi.org/10.1785/0120040601.
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