HERVÉ CLAUSTRE

Hervé Claustre got his PhD in 1987 and, after a post-doc at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, became CNRS Research Associate (1990) and then CNRS Senior Scientist (2001) at LOV. His research activities can be summarized as follows: To develop interdisciplinary approaches at the frontiers of marine biology, chemistry and optics for the study and understanding of biogeochemical processes ranging from the small to the global scale to address the variability of stocks and fluxes of matter in the upper ocean in the context of global change. Within this broad topic, his scientific contributions can be classified in three main groups. (1) the development of a research field based on HPLC techniques for measuring phytoplankton pigments and their application through chemotaxinomic investigations (pigments used as bio-markers of phytoplankton communities) (2) the development of new observational approaches at the interface of marine optics (theoretical and experimental, in situ and remote sensing) and biogeochemistry. (3) Since 2003, and as a natural extension of his work, Dr Claustre is pursuing investigation of biogeochemical processes at presently unresolved scales or in poorly observed oceanic areas. For that purpose, he dedicates a large part of his effort to develop new observational techniques based on gliders and profiling floats. (http://www.OAO/obs-vlfr.fr/). Hervé Claustre has published more than papers since the beginning of his career among which 18 as a first author and 18 with students or post-doc he was supervising. His H-index is 35, and he is rated in the top 1% scientists in his field

Summary of Selected activities / animation / awards

• 2000‐2003 Associated editor for Journal of Geophysical Research‐Ocean

• 2008: Editor of the Biogeosciences special issue (30 papers published) for the Biogeochemistry and Optics South Pacific Experiment (BIOSOPE).

• 2008 AGU‐ASLO‐TOS meeting, Orlando, FL. Organizing Committee.

• 2009 US OCB Floats and Gliders Workshop, Moss Landing, CA. Steering committee.

• 2001‐2010 Chair of the French Scientific Committee for Oceanic Biogeochemistry Programs

• (CNRS‐INSU)

• 2008‐2011 Chair of Scientific Committee of the “Bio‐ARGO” Working Group of the IOCCG

• Supervision 10 students and 4 pos‐docs

• PI of the PROSOPE (32 days, 28 scientists) and BIOSOPE (55 days, 35 scientists) cruises

• CNRS Silver Medal (2005)

• ERC advanced grant (2010‐2014).

5 representative publications:

Claustre, H., Morel, A., Babin, M., Cailliau, C., Marie, D., Marty, J.‐C., and D. Vaulot (1999). Variability in particle attenuation and stimulated fluorescence in the tropical and equatorial Pacific: scales, patterns and some biogeochemical implications. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 3401‐3422.

Vidussi, F., Claustre, H., Manca, B., Luchetta, A., and J.‐C. Marty (2001). Phytoplankton pigment distribution in relation to the upper thermocline circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea during winter. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 19,939‐19,956.

Uitz, J., Claustre, H., Morel, A., and S. Hooker (2006). Vertical distribution of phytoplankton communities in open ocean: an assessment based on surface chlorophyll. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, (C08005, doi:10.1029/2005JC003207).

Claustre, H., Y. Huot, I. Obernosterer, B. Gentili, D. Tailliez, and M. Lewis (2008). Gross community production and metabolic balance in the South Pacific Gyre, using a non intrusive biooptical method. Biogeosciences, 5, 463‐474.

Niewiadomska, K., Claustre, H., Prieur, L., and F. DʹOrtenzio (2008). Submesoscale physical biogeochemical coupling across the Ligurian current (northwestern Mediterranean) using a biooptical glider. Limnology and Oceanography, 53, 2210‐2225.