Research Interests

  • Biological-physical interactions in plankton dynamics
  • Variability in the structure and functioning of ecosystem
  • Eastern Boundary Upwelling System
  • Interannual/seasonal ecosystem variability
  • Mesoscale dynamics
  • Modeling studies
  • Lagrangian analysis

Degrees

  • Ph. D in Physical Oceanography, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
  • M. Sc. in Biological Oceanography and Marine Environment, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
  • B. Sc. in Biology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Biography

Fanny Chenillat is a post-doc in oceanography, in the Integrative Oceanography Division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
 
Her research interests focus on biological-physical interactions in plankton dynamics and include planktonic dynamics studies and computer modeling of these physical and biological processes in the ocean.

Chenillat studies California Current Ecosystem dynamics and is involved in the California Current Ecosystem Long-Term Ecological Research program that assesses the marine system's response to climate variability. Her project at Scripps is to understand how mesoscale dynamics (e.g. eddies features) affect the ecosystem in the coastal upwelling system using Lagrangian tools.

This interest in biological-physical interactions in plankton dynamics and modeling studies grew during her studies toward her master's degree in Biological Oceanography and Marine Environment at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. She specialized in marine ecosystem modeling and data analyses that led her to a PhD research on the California Eastern Boundary Upwelling System and the variability in the structure and functioning of its coastal ecosystem. More specifically, she tried to understand how the interannual variability of the winds modulates the seasonal and regional variability of planktonic ecosystems

Website

fannychenillat.wordpress.com