I would define myself in one short sentence: I am passionate about knowledge. I am a researcher in climate sciences and my job is to acquire and build new knowledge. I imagine in the future to focus more on how to spread relevant knowledge and leverage it for the common good.
My curiosity for natural phenomena, my concern for global environmental issues and my fascination for maths led my choices during my studies and my early career. I studied maths, physics and mechanics at the Ecole Polytechnique (France) before I pursued a PhD at McGill University (Quebec, Canada) in atmospheric sciences. For my first postdoctoral appointment, I held a joint position with the division of geological ...