Dr. Corinne Le Quéré

Curriculum Vitae, July 2006.

Web Address lgmacweb.env.uea.ac.uk/lequere
e-mail c.lequere@uea.ac.uk
Postal Address: School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia,
Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
Phone: +44 1603 592840 Fax: +44 1603 591327
Birth July 11, 1966; Magog, Québec, Canada
Citizenship Canadian and French
Languages Fluent in French and English, Advanced German and Basic Spanish


Education

1996-1999 Doctorat ès sciences: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) and Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE). Advisor: James C. Orr. Title: Variability of the oceanic carbon cycle. Awarded after 2.5 years with highest distinction (Mention très honorable avec félicitations du jury).
1990-1992 M. Sc.: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University. Advisor: R. Grant Ingram. Title: Physical oceangraphy of the "Baie des Chaleurs", Gulf of St-Lawrence.
1987-1990 B. Sc. Honors: Department of Physics, Université de Montréal.

Research Positions

2004-now Reader (Associate Professor), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia and Strategic Alliance Senior Fellow, British Antarctic Survey (joint position).
2000-2004 Senior Scientist (permanent position) and leader of the ocean biogeochemistry group, Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany. Global Ecology research group of I. Colin Prentice.
1999 Post-Doctorate , LSCE , Saclay, France. Supervisor: James C. Orr. Project: Study the relation between ocean physics and biogeochemistry using models and observations.
1992-1996 Research Assistant (Professional Technician) , Princeton University , US.
Supervisor: Jorge L. Sarmiento. Project: Quantify the ocean sink for CO2 using a coupled atmosphere-ocean model. Responsible for Princeton University's contribution to IPCC_1995.
1990-1991 Technician, McGill University meteorological laboratory Montréal, Canada
1989 Research Assistant, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Université de Montréal Montréal, Canada.

Teaching Experience

2002-2005 Co-lecturer for the Global Environmental Changes course, UEA, 2006.
2002-2005 Director of the first and second summer schools on Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS). Head of the scientific and organisational committees. Responsible for practical course on communication in science. Public lectures.
Sept. 2005 Lecturer at the Earth System Science Summer School, Bristol, UK.
Sept. 2000 Short series of lectures on the global carbon cycle
Cambridge University, UK, organized by Grae Woester.
Sept. 1999 Short series of lectures on carbon biogeochemistry
European Science Foundation, Mallorca, Spain, organized by Peter Haynes.
1990-1991 Teaching Assistant McGill University Montréal, Canada

Professional Society Memberships & Activities

Editorial activities Scientific assessments Scientific co-ordination Other


Fellowships and Awards


Scientists supervised

2006-now Marie Fanny Racault, Ph. D. student, Stability of phytoplankton blooms.
2005-now Rosin Moriarty, Ph. D. student, Role of macro-zooplankton for carbon export in the ocean
2004-now Meike Vogt, Ph. D. student, Role of DMS for the climate cycle
2002-2006 Manfredi Manizza, Ph. D. student, Impact of marine biomass on ocean physics
2005-now Nick Stephens, post-doc, Interactions between marine ecosystems and climate at the global scale
2001-now Erik T. Buitenhuis, post-doc, Role of plankton functional types for climate.
2002-2005 Leticia Cotrim da Cunha, post-doc, Land-ocean exchanges of organic matter.
2002-2005 Manfred Kastowski, scientific programmer, Earth System Coupling (PRISM project).
2002-2004 Xavier Giraud, post-doc, Ocean biogeochemical fluxes in the coastal ocean.
2002-2003 Christine Klaas, post-doc, Export of organic matter in the water column.
2000-2001 Laurent Bopp, Ph. D. student, Impact of high dust deposition on marine export production during glaciations.

Thesis/habilitation committees

Claire Lo Monaco, University Paris VI
Patricia Cadule, University Paris VI
Michael Patecki, University of East Anglia
Peter Rayner, University Paris VI


Funding raised

2006-2009 Co-PI, UK QUEST-Earth System Modelling.
2005 Co-PI, German DFG project for summer school funding.
2005-2008 Co-PI, UK Project QUEST. Impact of marine ecosystems for climate.
2004-2009 Co-PI, European Project GREENCYCLES. Research training network for the study of biogeochemistry and climate change.
2004-2009 Co-PI, European Project EUR-OCEANS. European network of excellence for ocean ecosystems analysis.
2004-2009 Co-PI, European Project Carbo-ocean. Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment.
2002-2004 Co-PI, European Project PRISM (Program for Integrated Earth System Modelling), workpackage leader responsible for the implementation of three ocean biogeochemistry models in an earth system framework.
2002-2004 Co-PI, European Project NOCES (Northern Oceans Carbon Exchange Study), workpackage leader responsible for the evaluation of ocean carbon cycles models using satellite observations.
2001-2005 Co-PI, German DFG project, responsible for developments on ocean models to study the impact of external forcings on climate in a comprehensive climate model.
2003 PI, European Project SOLAS-summer school. Additional funding received from SCOR (Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research) and IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission).

Scientific Publications


Papers in press or published

2006 2005 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1996 1995

Book Chapters

Papers submitted

Papers in preparation


Selected Oral Presentations



Other Activities

Extensive experience as pool manager, swimming instructor and lifeguard (1983-1991) at the University of Montréal, City of Hull, City of Ottawa, University of Ottawa, Board of Education of Ottawa and National Commission of Canada. Former-member of the Canadian National water-polo team and former-coach of Princeton University's women's team.

References

   
I. Colin Prentice,
QUEST, Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Bristol,
Queen's Road,
Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
Colin.Prentice@bristol.ac.uk
Jorge L. Sarmiento,
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, P.O. Box CN710,
Princeton, NJ 08544-0710, USA.
(609) 258-6585
jls@splash.princeton.edu
James C. Orr,
LSCE, Bat 709, L'Orme des Merisiers,
91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
+33 1.69.08.77.23
orr@lsce.saclay.cea.fr