Ecole Navale

Senior Scientist at the ‘Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale’ (LEGOS), Groupe de Recherche de Géodésie Spatiale (GRGS), Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse, France.

Research interest : Application of Satellite Geodesy to Earth Physics : Satellite Geodesy and space research : Gravity field and marine geoid ; Earth rotation and polar motion ; Tides ; Precise positioning by space geodesy techniques (tectonic motions, vertical motions, geocenter motions) ; Temporal changes of the Earth gravity field ; Sea level variations at regional and global scales from satellite altimetry and tide gauges ; Climatic causes of sea level change ; Land hydrology from space.

Honors and Awards Member of the French Academy of Sciences (since 2004), Foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) (since 2008) and of the Indian Academy of Sciences (since 2008). Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (since 1996), Member of the Academia Europaea (since 1990). Several prizes of the French Academy of Sciences (1979 ; 1990 ; 1996), Vening-Meinesz Medal of the European Geophysical Society (1999), Arthur Homes Medal of the European Geosciences Union (2005), Prize Manley Bendall and Medal ‘Albert 1er de Monaco’, Insitut Océanographique (2008). P.-S.