Climate scientist at CNRS
I am a CNRS research scientist working at the Climat, Environnement, Couplages et Incertitudes (CECI) lab located at the European Center for Research and advanced Training in Scientific Computation (CERFACS) in Toulouse, France
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 focused on better understanding the mechanisms of variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), its predictability and impact on climate. I also worked on seasonal to decadal predictions of ocean and sea ice.
My current research is articulated around the following topics:
- Arctic ocean and sea ice response to climate change
- Improved modelling of the Arctic sea ice in Climate models
- Quantifying and explaining future AMOC changes
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
CURRENT IMPLICATION IN INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL PROJECTS
Horizon Europe EPOC: Explaining and predicting the ocean conveyor (WP leader)
The Schmidt Science Virtual Earth System Research Institute (VESRI) SASIP project: The Scale Aware Sea Ice Project (WP leader)
The CLIMARCTIC project: French program « Ocean and Climate » funded by France 2030, (WP leader)
PUBLICATIONS (click here to view the list)
SUPERVISING ACTIVITIES
Since April 2024: Brady Ferster, Postdoctoral fellow working on assessing the processes and drivers of future AMOC changes including abrupt changes in high-resolution coupled climate simulations
Since October 2023: Camille Le Gloannec, PhD student (co-supervised by Camille Lique), working on the emergence of an ocean seasonal cycle in the Arctic in response to sea ice loss
2023 (6 months): Camille Le Gloannec, Master 2 student, working on the characterizing the oceanic intrinsic variability in the Arctic
2023 (6 months): Emilie Le Gros, Master 2 student/ENSEEIT, working on the multi-model ocean large-scale response to Arctic sea ice decline
2021-2022: Svenya Chripko, Postdoctoral fellow working on the multimodel atmospheric response to Arctic sea ice decline in a 2C warmer world.
2019-2023: 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
2022 (6 months): Emma Bedossa, Master 2/ENM student working on the oceanic response to Arctic sea ice decline
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
RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022-2027: WP leader of CLIMARCTIC PPR project on the impact of regionalized Arctic changes
2022-2026: WP leader of Horizon Europe EPOC : WP4 on future AMOC changes
2021-2026: WP 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
2016-2020: H2020 APPLICATE project: Advanced Predictions in polar regions and beyond
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-CLIMAGO since 2021 and member since 2018.
Member of the CNRS/INSU commission on ocean and atmosphere (CSOA) (2017-2020) and since 2024
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
Since 2023: Guest lecturer at Meteo France on sea ice
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