My research is mainly focused on modelling flow, heat and mass transport processes in heterogeneous porous and fractured media. I have been responsible of multiple international projects including multispecies reactive transport modelling, seawater intrusion problems and the sustainable groundwater resources management. From 2008, I’m involved in a major groundwater modelling project for nuclear waste storage in deep geological formations.

• 2008 Ph.D. degree in stochastic hydrogeology, Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics (CHYN), University of Neuchâtel. Ph.D. topic: Deterministic and probabilistic modelling for sustainable groundwater resources management.

• 2004 M.S. degree in hydrogeology and water resources management, Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics, University of Neuchâtel. M.S. topic: Étude et modélisation de l’hétérogénéité dans les aquifères alluviaux.

• 2001 Engineering degree in water and forests, National Institute of Agronomy of Tunisia.

• 2010 – date : Senior research fellow in quantitative hydrogeology, Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics, University of Neuchâtel.

• 2008 – 2010 : Hydrogeologist modeller, GEOS Ingénieurs Conseils, Lausanne.

• 2004 – 2008 : Ph.D. assistant in hydrogeology, Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics, University of Neuchâtel.

• Kerrou J., Renard P., Cornaton F. and Perrochet P. (2012) Stochastic forecasts of seawater intrusion towards sustainable groundwater management: application to the Korba aquifer (Tunisia). Hydrogeology Journal, DOI 10.1007/s10040-012-0911-x.

• Kerrou J., Renard P. (2010) A numerical analysis of dimensionality and heterogeneity effects on advective dispersive seawater intrusion processes. Hydrogeology Journal, 18 (1), pp 55-72.

• Kerrou J., Renard P. and Tarhouni J. (2010) Status of the Korba groundwater resources (Tunisia): Observations and 3D modelling of seawater intrusion. Hydrogeology Journal, 18(5), pp 1173-1190.

• Kerrou J., Renard P., Lecca G. and Tarhouni J. (2010) Grid-enabled Monte Carlo analysis of the impact of uncertain discharge rates on seawater intrusion in the Korba aquifer (Tunisia). Hydrological Sciences Journal 55 (8), 1325-1336.

• Kerrou J., Renard P., Hendricks-Franssen H.J. and Lunati I. (2008) Issues in characterizing connectivity and heterogeneity in non-multi-Gaussian media. Advances in Water Resources, 31(1), pp 147-159.

• Kerrou J., Hendricks-Franssen H.J., Renard P. and Lunati I. (2008) How conditioning to transmissivity data can worsen model predictions. In Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling: Credibility of Modelling. J. C. Refsgaard, K. Kovar, E. Haarder, and E. Nygaard (eds), IAHS Publication 320, pp 299-304, 2008. ISBN 1901502589.

• Berton F., Renard P., Kerrou J., Moix P. and Perrochet P. (2007) An assessment of the groundwater resources in the western margin of the Taoudenni basin, Mauritania. In Aquifer Systems Management: Darcy's Legacy in a World of Impending Water Shortage. L. Chery, and G. De Marsily (eds), IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology v. 10, pp 149-161, 2007. ISBN 0415443555.

• Kerrou J., Renard P., Hendricks-Franssen H.J. and I. Lunati (2006) A synthetic study of the worth of transmissivity and head data to delineate groundwater protection zones in alluvial aquifers. In Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling: From Uncertainty to Decision Making. M.F.P. Bierkens, J.C. Gehrels, and K. Kovar (eds), IAHS Publication 304, pp 220-226, 2006. ISBN 1901502589.