@article{zhang2026jrmge,author={Zhang, Le and Daniilidis, Alexandros and Dieudonné, Anne-Catherine and Thibaut, Robin and Hermans, Thomas},title={A Bayesian Evidential Learning Framework for Safety and Performance Prediction in Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupled Deep Mine Geothermal Systems},journal={Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering},year={2026},doi={10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.11.022},}
A ModEx Framework for Watershed Subsurface Investigation with Limited Geophysical Data Using Machine Learning and Hydrologic Modeling
Hang Chen, Robin Thibaut, Chunwei Chou, Chen Xiong, and Yuxin Wu
@article{chen2025,author={Chen, Hang and Thibaut, Robin and Chou, Chunwei and Xiong, Chen and Wu, Yuxin},title={A ModEx Framework for Watershed Subsurface Investigation with Limited Geophysical Data Using Machine Learning and Hydrologic Modeling},journal={Geophysical Research Letters},volume={53},number={2},pages={e2025GL119953},year={2026},doi={10.1029/2025GL119953},}
2025
The Role of Snowmelt and Subsurface Heterogeneity in Headwater Hydrology of a Mountainous Catchment in Colorado: A Model-Data Integration Approach
Lijing Wang, Zexuan Xu, Chen Wang, Robin Thibaut, Craig Ulrich, Matthias Sprenger, Sebastian Uhlemann, Yuxin Wu, Evan King, Haruko Wainwright, Rosemary W. H. Carroll, Curtis Beutler, Kenneth H. Williams, and Baptiste Dafflon
@article{wang2025,author={Wang, Lijing and Xu, Zexuan and Wang, Chen and Thibaut, Robin and Ulrich, Craig and Sprenger, Matthias and Uhlemann, Sebastian and Wu, Yuxin and King, Evan and Wainwright, Haruko and Carroll, Rosemary W. H. and Beutler, Curtis and Williams, Kenneth H. and Dafflon, Baptiste},title={The Role of Snowmelt and Subsurface Heterogeneity in Headwater Hydrology of a Mountainous Catchment in Colorado: A Model-Data Integration Approach},journal={Water Resources Research},year={2025},doi={10.1029/2025WR040651},url={https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025WR040651},}
Efficiency and heat transport processes of low-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage systems: new insights from global sensitivity analyses
Luka Tas, Niels Hartog, Martin Bloemendal, David Simpson, Tanguy Robert, Robin Thibaut, Le Zhang, and Thomas Hermans
@article{tas2025,author={Tas, Luka and Hartog, Niels and Bloemendal, Martin and Simpson, David and Robert, Tanguy and Thibaut, Robin and Zhang, Le and Hermans, Thomas},title={Efficiency and heat transport processes of low-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage systems: new insights from global sensitivity analyses},journal={Geothermal Energy},volume={13},pages={Article number: 2},year={2025},month=jan,note={Open access, published 07 January 2025},doi={10.1186/s40517-024-00326-1},}
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Geothermal Energy Systems in Deep Mines: Uncertainty Quantification and Design Optimization
Le Zhang, Anne-Catherine Dieudonné, Alexandros Daniilidis, Longjun Dong, Wenzhuo Cao, Robin Thibaut, Luka Tas, and Thomas Hermans
@article{zhang2024,author={Zhang, Le and Dieudonné, Anne-Catherine and Daniilidis, Alexandros and Dong, Longjun and Cao, Wenzhuo and Thibaut, Robin and Tas, Luka and Hermans, Thomas},title={Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Geothermal Energy Systems in Deep Mines: Uncertainty Quantification and Design Optimization},journal={Applied Energy},volume={377},pages={124531},year={2025},doi={10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124531},url={https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261924019147},}
2022
Comparing Well and Geophysical Data for Temperature Monitoring Within a Bayesian Experimental Design Framework
Robin Thibaut, Nicolas Compaire, Nolwenn Lesparre, Maximilian Ramgraber, Eric Laloy, and Thomas Hermans
@article{Thibaut2022,author={Thibaut, Robin and Compaire, Nicolas and Lesparre, Nolwenn and Ramgraber, Maximilian and Laloy, Eric and Hermans, Thomas},doi={10.1029/2022WR033045},issn={0043-1397},issue={11},journal={Water Resources Research},month=nov,title={Comparing Well and Geophysical Data for Temperature Monitoring Within a Bayesian Experimental Design Framework},volume={58},url={https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022WR033045},year={2022},}
2021
A new framework for experimental design using Bayesian Evidential Learning: The case of wellhead protection area
@article{thibaut_new_2021,author={Thibaut, Robin and Laloy, Eric and Hermans, Thomas},doi={10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126903},issn={00221694},journal={Journal of Hydrology},keywords={Bayesian Evidential Learning,Experimental design,Groundwater modelling,Machine learning},month=dec,pages={126903},title={A new framework for experimental design using Bayesian Evidential Learning: The case of wellhead protection area},volume={603},url={https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022169421009537},year={2021},}
Imaging the Structure and the Saltwater Intrusion Extent of the Luy River Coastal Aquifer (Binh Thuan, Vietnam) Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography
Diep Cong-Thi, Linh Pham Dieu, Robin Thibaut, Marieke Paepen, Huu Hieu Ho, Frédéric Nguyen, and Thomas Hermans
@article{cong-thi_imaging_2021,author={Cong-Thi, Diep and Dieu, Linh Pham and Thibaut, Robin and Paepen, Marieke and Ho, Huu Hieu and Nguyen, Frédéric and Hermans, Thomas},doi={10.3390/w13131743},issn={2073-4441},issue={13},journal={Water},month=jun,pages={1743},title={Imaging the Structure and the Saltwater Intrusion Extent of the Luy River Coastal Aquifer (Binh Thuan, Vietnam) Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography},volume={13},url={https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/13/1743},year={2021},}
A new workflow to incorporate prior information in minimum gradient support (MGS) inversion of electrical resistivity and induced polarization data
Robin Thibaut, Thomas Kremer, Annie Royen, Bun Kim Ngun, Frédéric Nguyen, and Thomas Hermans
@article{thibaut_new_2021-1,author={Thibaut, Robin and Kremer, Thomas and Royen, Annie and Ngun, Bun Kim and Nguyen, Frédéric and Hermans, Thomas},doi={10.1016/j.jappgeo.2021.104286},issn={09269851},journal={Journal of Applied Geophysics},month=apr,pages={104286},title={A new workflow to incorporate prior information in minimum gradient support (MGS) inversion of electrical resistivity and induced polarization data},volume={187},url={https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0926985121000331},year={2021},}
Dissertation
2023
Machine Learning for Bayesian Experimental Design in the Subsurface
Robin Thibaut
Ghent University, Mar 2023
To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of. Ronald A. Fisher (1890-1962)
@phdthesis{thibaut_phd_2023,author={Thibaut, Robin},month=mar,school={Ghent University},title={Machine Learning for Bayesian Experimental Design in the Subsurface},year={2023},doi={10.22541/essoar.168057575.58936022/v1},url={https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.168057575.58936022/v1},note={To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of. Ronald A. Fisher (1890-1962)},}
Datasets
2026
Lightning Dock Geothermal Field Data Package, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Ghoulem Ifrene, Santiago Rabade, Ahinoam Pollack, Robin Thibaut, Zhouji Liang, Junjie Yu, and Fangning Zheng
2026
Data set. Geothermal Data Repository. Zanskar geothermal & minerals inc.
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1856,author={Ifrene, Ghoulem and Rabade, Santiago and Pollack, Ahinoam and Thibaut, Robin and Liang, Zhouji and Yu, Junjie and Zheng, Fangning},title={Lightning Dock Geothermal Field Data Package, Hidalgo County, New Mexico},year={2026},type={Data set},howpublished={Geothermal Data Repository},publisher={Zanskar geothermal & minerals inc},note={Data set. Geothermal Data Repository. Zanskar geothermal & minerals inc.},url={https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1856},}
Machine Learning for Bayesian Experimental Design in the SubsurfaceGhent University, Mar 2023To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of. Ronald A. Fisher (1890-1962)