Research areas

• El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
• ENSO dynamics and physical mechanisms, role of the atmosphere, scale interactions, role of intra-seasonal variability
• Evaluation of ENSO in state-of-the-art climate models
• ENSO in a changing climate, role of external forcing
  

• Role of the ocean in climate variability and climate change
• Detection and attribution of the anthropogenic signal in CMIP models
  

• Decadal predictability of the climate
• Role of the ocean, decadal variability, initialisation and reconstruction of past variability

• Evaluations and development of Earth System Models
• Climate model and simulation documentation for CMIP data
  
• Software infrastructures, modelling frameworks, physical interfaces, model evaluation
  
• Current related projects: ES-DOC, IS-ENES , ENES

Community activities

• Deputy director LOCEAN/IPSL (since 2018)
  
• Convener and co-convener, EGU ENSO session (since 2008)

• Co-chair CLIVAR ENSO Research Focus group, (since 2015)
• Member, US-CLIVAR work group on ENSO diversity 2013- 2017
• Member of ANR Review College (deputy chair, since 2016)

• IPCC service:
• Lead Author, WG1 IPCC AR5, Chapter "Model evaluation" (2013)
• Expert Reviewer, WG1 IPCC AR4 (2007)
• Contributing Author, WG1 IPCC TAR (2001)
• Expert Reviewer IPCC AR6, SROCC (2018)
  

• Contributor, EU Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Climate (since 2011)
• Coordinator, ES-DOC project (since 2008)
  
• Member WGCM Infrastructure Panel (WIP) (since 2014)
• Work Package Leader IS-ENES3 (since 2018)
  

• Member, scientific advisory IPSL (since 2017)
  
• Decadal predictability Work Package leader, Labex IPSL (since 2011)

Outreach

• Co-chair Science and Pedagogical Committee - Office for Climate Education (since 2018)
  
• Member of the coordination team of the "Messagers du climat"/Train du Climat
• Member of the Board, Météo et Climat