Climate scientist at CNRS and CERFACS
I am a CNRS research scientist working at the European Center for Research and advanced Training in Scientific Computation (CERFACS) located in Toulouse, France
RESEARCH INTEREST
I am interested in the role of the ocean and sea ice in climate variability and predictability on time scales of few seasons to several decades. My initial research interest was focused on better understanding the mechanisms of variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), its preditability and impact on climate. My current research is articulated around the following topics :
- The role of Arctic sea ice in the climate system
- Ocean decadal variability and its impacts on climate
- Air-sea interactions in western boundary current regions
- Modelling climate interactions with Earth System Models
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Oct 2015-Present : Research scientist (permanent position) at CNRS, based at CERFACS/CECI, Toulouse, France
2011-2015 : Research scientist at GFDL/NOAA, Princeton, USA
2009-2011 : Postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University's Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton, USA
2005-2008 : PhD student in physical oceanography at LOCEAN/IPSL, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
IMPLICATION IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
SASIP: The Scale Aware Sea Ice Project
PAMIP: Polar Amplification model intercomparison project
H2020 APPLICATE : Advanced Predictions in Polar regions and beyond
H2020 PRIMAVERA: Role of high resolution on representing and predicting climate variability
PUBLICATIONS (click here to view the list)
SUPERVISING ACTIVITIES
Since Jan 2021: Svenya Chripko, Postdoctoral fellow working on the multimodel atmospheric response to Arctic sea ice decline in a 2C warmer world.
Since Nov 2019: Aurélien Liné, PhD student (co-supervised by C. Cassou) working on assessing the uncertainty of European temperature and precipiation projections for the coming decades: role of internal variability vs external forcing
2021 (4 months) : Elise Ortega, Master 1/ENSEEIHT student (co supervised by S. Chripko), working on the multi-decadal oceanic impacts of Arctic sea ice loss
2017-2020: Svenya Chripko, PhD student (co supervised by E. Sanchez) working on midlatitude climate response to Arctic sea ice decline
2017- 2020: Victor Rousseau, PhD student (co-supervised by E. Sanchez) working on the impact of higher resolution in climate models in representing air-sea interactions in frontal regions
2017 (6 months) : Laurent Bavard, Master 2 student (co supervised by E. Sanchez), worked on the influence of Arctic sea ice decline on oceanic circulation
2017 (6months) : Victor Rousseau, Master 2 student (co supervised by E. Sanchez), worked on air-sea interactions in the Gulf Stream region
2015-2017 : Mitch Bushuk, postdoctoral fellow at AOS Princeton/GFDL, worked on regional predictability of Arctic sea ice
2015 (4 months) : Irene Mavilia, visiting graduate student (University of Venice) worked on the non stationarity of Atlantic decadal variability
2014-2017 : Yohan Ruprich-Robert, Postdoctoral fellow at AOS Princeton/GFDL, worked on global climate impacts of Atlantic multi-decadal variability
2013-2015 : Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, Postdoctoral fellow (co-supervised by G. Vecchi) at GFDL/UCAR, worked on the variability in the Intra-America Seas
2012 (3 months) : Nicholas White, Princeton undergratuate student, worked on evaluating the South Atlantic oceanic circulation in high-resolution climate model simulations
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021-2026: Leader of SASIP WP5 on climate implications of novel sea ice modelling
2017-2020 : PI of a CNRS LEFE grant (ICARE) on the role of intrinsic oceanic variability on Arctic sea ice variability
2015-2018 : PI of a NOAA grant on Assessing the impact of model formulation and resolution on Arctic sea ice variability and regional predictability
2013-2016 : Co-PI of a NOAA grant on Understanding AMOC Variability mechanisms and their impacts on decadal predictions (collaboration GFDL / NCAR / WHOI)
2012-2016 : Co-PI of a NOAA grant to study the influence of eddies on South Atlantic MOC water mass pathways
2012 : Siebel Energy Challenge Award to support a Princeton undergraduate summer intern
2011 : WCRP Award for Outstanding Scientific Oral Presentation at the World Climate Research Program Open Sciences Conference, Denver, USA
2011 : MPOWIR fellowship to visit JPL NASA
2009-2011 : AOS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Princeton University,
2006 : GEFD Cambridge Summer School Fellowship
2005-2008 : Doctoral fellowship from the French ministry for higher education and Research
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SOCIETIES
Chair of the CNRS/INSU scientific council LEFE-IMAGO since 2021 and member since 2018.
Member of the CNRS/INSU commission on ocean and atmosphere (CSOA) (2017-2020)
Member of the CLIVAR Ocean Model Development Panel (OMDP) since 2021
Member of the CLIVAR Dynamics Panel (2018-2020)
Co-chair of the CLIVAR Decadal Climate Variability Panel (DCVP) (2018-2020 and member from 2016)
Member of the scientific steering committee of the WGCM-WGSIP Decadal Climate Prediction Project (DCPP) (since 2016)
Member of the scientific steering committee of the Polar Amplification Model Intercomparison Project (PAMIP) for planning CMIP6 activities (since 2017)
Chair of the US AMOC task team on mechanisms and predictability (2013-2015)
Member of the US AMOC Executive Committee and Science Team (2013-2015)
Member of the U.S. CLIVAR Decadal Predictability Working Group (2011-2015)
Member of the NOAA Climate Prediction Task Force (2013-2015)
Contributing author to IPCC AR5 (Chapter 9 on Model Evaluation)
Expert Reviewer for IPCC AR5 WG1
Mentor for Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention (MPOWIR)
Distinguished Lecturer of the Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chair of the Scientific Organizing Committe at the 2019 AGU on decadal variability and predictability, San Francisco
Member of the Scientific Organizing Commitee of the WCRP Town Hall meeting on improving predictions across time scales, AGU 2019.
Chair of the Scientifc Organizing Committee of the LEFE conference on « Sea ice in the Earth System: a multidisciplinary perspective », Brest, 2019.
Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the 2013 US AMOC-UK RAPID Science Meeting
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2021: Guest Lecturer at "La Prépa des INP" Toulouse on Sea ice and Climate
2013-2014 : Collaboration with a physics high-school teacher at the French-American School of New York to teach Oceanography and Climate Sciences to K12 students. Lecture preparation and participation to classroom lectures
2013: Guest Lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique / University of Cambridge Summer School on Fluid Dynamics of Sustainability and the Environment (FDSE)
2012-2013: Guest Lecturer at Princeton University, "Introductory Physical Oceanography"
2012-2015: Invited lectures for the Association of Women Geoscientists
2009-2012: Volunteer Prison Teaching at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, New Jersey, Algebra courses accredited by Mercer County Community College
2006-2008: Teaching assistant at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris. Lectures and GFD lab experiments on the stability of the thermohaline circulation