Experts at the Conference: Patrik Wagnon

CR1, IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), GREATICE
LGGE (Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique), Grenoble BP 96
38402 St Martin d’Hères Cedex
France
 
Current position
Researcher (CR1) at IRD since November 2000, working at LGGE, Grenoble.
- Specialist in climate-glacier relationship in tropical environment: mass and energy balance on Andean and Himalayan glaciers – Responsible for this program in the research unit GREAT ICE (Glaciers et Ressources en Eau d’AltiTude Indicateurs Climatiques et Environnementaux)
- Co-responsible for the ORE GLACIOCLIM (GLACIers as an Observatory of the CLIMate) -

 
Background
2000-04: Researcher (CR2) at IRD
2000: Post-doctoral position in CEMAGREF (Centre d’Etude du Machinisme Agricole et du Génie Rural des Eaux et Forêts), Grenoble. Leader of a European project to study natural hazards linked to glaciers
1996 – 99: PhD at University Grenoble 1 in Geophysics. Energy balance of a tropical glacier – Application to the climate-glacier relationship. Advisers : Louis Reynaud (LGGE) and Pierre Ribstein (IRD). Defended on April 2, 1999
1996 – 99: Part-time Teacher in Geology and Geophysics at University Grenoble 1
1994 – 96: Responsible for a research project in La Paz (Bolivia) to study the energy balance of a tropical glacier (IRD)
1993 – 94: Research project on physico-chemistry of snow to study diffusion mechanisms of impurities in ice. Adviser : Florent Dominé (LGGE)
1992 – 93: Master degree in Oceanology, Meteorology and Environment
1991 - 92: Research project in Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. Adviser : Roger Bales
1989 – 91: Academic background in Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry (Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris)
1989: Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris (5th )