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Press release
Sylvie Joussaume, new director of the National Institute for Sciences of the Universe and director of the CNRS Sciences of the Universe Department | |||
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Paris, May 15, 2003 |
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April 29, 2003, Sylvie Joussaume was appointed director of INSU, the
National Institute for Sciences of the Universe of the CNRS, by decree
of the Minister of youth, national education and research, and the Deputy
Minister of research and new technologies. She was also appointed director
of the CNRS scientific department "Sciences of the Universe" by
Geneviève Berger, Director General of the CNRS, on April 29. In these
two positions, Sylvie Joussaume succeeds Philippe Gillet, who was appointed
director of the Ecole normale supérieure in Lyon. Sylvie Joussaume, who attended the Ecole normale supérieure, holds a doctorate in science (doctorat d’Etat). She has been a CNRS researcher since 1983 in the "Laboratoire de météorologie dynamique," where her work has focused on digital modeling of past climates from the last glacial maximum, with the aim of helping to further interpretations of ice core drilling recordings in Antarctica (by analyzing, in particular, water isotopes and desert dust). In 1991, she participated in the creation of the "Laboratoire de modélisation du climat et de l’environnement" (Laboratory for climatic and environmental modeling) of the CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission), where for six years she led a modeling team. From 1998 to 2001, she was the assistant director, at a time when the laboratory merged with the "Centre des faibles radioactivités" (Center for studies in weak radioactivity) to create what is today the "Laboratoire des Sciences du climat et de l’environnement" (Laboratory for the sciences of climatic and environmental modeling, CEA-CNRS) . In March 2001, she was assistant scientific director of the Sciences of the Universe Department of the CNRS and INSU, in charge of the "ocean-atmosphere" field, which encompasses environmental topics concerning the climate, air quality, pollution of the seas, and meteorological fluctuations. At age 45, Sylvie Joussaume is recognized internationally for her expertise on the modeling of the past. Since 1991 she has coordinated an international program whose purpose is to compare climatic models in situations from the past . In light of her ability to mobilize the international scientific community to work on this project, she was subsequently invited to be involved in international scientific committees such as the CLIVAR Program (CLImate VARiability and predictability) GAIM (Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling) and to be part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (GIEC) . Her work on the issues of climate change prompted her to write a book for the general public, entitled Climat d’hier à demain, (Climate from yesterday to tomorrow) published by CNRS Editions and the CEA. This book was awarded the Jean Rostand Prize for the best work of popular science in 1994. INSU/ SDU
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