Veronique Garcon
SOLAS Scientific Steering Committee Member
- Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales
- 18 Avenue Edouard Belin
- Toulouse Cedex 9
- 31401
- France
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About me
Research Interests
Véronique Garcon's expertise includes coupled physical/biogeochemical modelling, and marine biogeochemistry. Véronique graduated with a PhD
degree in 1981 in Environmental Sciences (Energy and Pollutions) from University Paris VII. She defended an "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" in Oceanography in 1995 at University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse.
She integrated CNRS in 1985 at the Institute of Physics of the Globe after a post-doctoral experience at MIT. She has been a Senior Scientist since 1998 at LEGOS (Laboratory of Space Geophysics and Oceanography) and is leading the Physical Dynamics/Marine Biogeochemistry Group. Her research interests include marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem dynamics, large scale ocean circulation and tracers, global carbon and nitrogen cycles, physical-biological interactions, eastern boundary upwelling systems and biogeochemical climatic monitoring.
EDUCATION
1995 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Oceanography, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France
1981 PhD in Environmental Sciences (Energy and Pollutions), University Paris VII, Paris, France
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998- present CNRS Senior Scientist, LEGOS, Toulouse
1995-1996 Department of Geology and Geophysics, Oceanography and Meteorology Program, Princeton University, Princeton, USA, Jorge Sarmiento's Laboratory
1985- 1998 CNRS Scientist, UMR39/GRGS, IPGP/ Paris, and Toulouse, Jean François Minster’s laboratory
1982-1984 Civil Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, USA, Sally Chisholm's Laboratory
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
2006- : Scientific Committee of the National Military Oceanography (French Navy)
2005- present : National Council of Universities (37th section)
2004- present SOLAS/IGBP Focus 2 Implementation Plan Steering Committee
2001-present Scientific Committee of IFREMER
2001-present Secretary Oceanography Section Biogeochemistry, European Geophysical Union
2001-2003 International JGOFS/IGBP Exec Committee, Vice-Chair
1998-2003 Chairman International JGOFS/IGBP Regional Synthesis and Modelling Group on the North Atlantic
1997-1998 International JGOFS/IGBP Regional Synthesis and Modelling Group on the North Atlantic
1992-1998 International JGOFS/IGBP Global Synthesis and Modelling Task Team
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem dynamics ; large scale ocean circulation and tracers ; global carbon cycle ; biogeochemical climatic monitoring
AWARDS
1985 Fondation de France grant
1981-1982 Electricité de France grant
