Remy Bossu

Rémy Bossu is a seismologist and the head of the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) a center offering rapid information on earthquakes and their effects. Rémy has always been interested by topics at the interface between earthquake and society. After studying seismicity induced by human activities and seismic hazard assessment, he has been pioneering citizen seismology and developed expertise in the use of social media in emergency situations. Under his leadership, EMSC become one of the top global earthquake information centre and has been developing a unique system called LastQuake. Based on visual communication, LastQuake is a multichannel information system comprising websites, quakebots on Twitter and Telegram, and a smartphone app for massive and rapid crowdsourcing of earthquake’ effects and the reduction of global seismic risk. In addition, Rémy has been in charge of the implementation of the French tsunami warning centre and with more than 20 participations has a strong experience in European research projects and international collaborations