Birth               9 September 1967, La Tronche (38), France
Citizenship    French

Research Interest
Dynamics of (sub)tropical regional and coastal systems. Mesoscale activity generated at the coast or around islands, eddy mixing and rectification processes. Ocean modeling: hydrodynamic models and their application to ecosystem dynamics and particle transport. .

Education
1995        Ph.D.      Mecanics, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
1990        M.S.        Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France

Professional Employments
2003-present   Research Scientist (CR1)        IRD, Noumea Center, New Caledonia
2003-2005      Research Scientisti (CR1)        IRD, Brest Center, France
1998-2003        Research Scientist        IGPP, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1995-1998          Research Associate       School of Mathematics, UNSW, Sydney, Australia

Computer skills
Computers        SGI/CRAY, SUN, COMPAQ, PCs ...
Systems            Unix, Lynux, Windows.
Languages         Fortran, Matlab.
Graphic tools     Matlab, NCAR graphics, Ferret.
Experience of super-computing centers (U.S.A., France), and massive parallelization.

Experience at sea
Coastal cruises around Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, California, for observation of  physical properties and plankton. Instruments used: CTD, ADCP, fluorometer, plankton net, OTV (Ondulating Towed Vehicule).

References
Pr. James C. McWilliams
Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences - UCLA
405 Hilgard Ave. - Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565 - U.S.A.
Tel: 310 206 2829, Fax: 310 206 5219,
Email: jcm@atmos.ucla.edu

Pr. Jason H. Middleton
School of Mathematics - University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 - Australia
\Tel: +(61) (2) 9385 2084, Fax: +(61) (2) 9385 1072,
Email: j.middleton@unsw.edu.au

Dr. Bernard Barnier
Equipe MEOM - Laboratoire des Ecoulements Geophysics et Industriels
B.P. 53 X - 38041 Grenoble Cedex - France
Tel: +(33) (4) 76 82 50 00, Fax: +(33) (4) 76 82 52 71,
Email: Bernard.Barnier@hmg.inpg.fr