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Dr. Raphaël Savelli

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4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 300-323

Pasadena, CA 91109

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Ocean Circulation And Air Sea Interaction

JPL Postdoctoral Fellow

Employed By

Caltech/JPL

Biography

Before starting at JPL, Raphaël studied the dynamics of benthic microalgae on intertidal mudflats. He is indeed used to combine numerical modeling and remote sensing for understanding the physical-biological coupling in such spatially and temporally variable environments. At JPL, his research focuses on the contribution of biogeochemical exports of rivers and coastal ecosystems in the carbon cycle of the global ocean. His work is supported by the ECCO-Darwin data-assimilative global ocean biogeochemistry model and remote sensing products in coastal areas and river deltas.

Education

  • Ph.D., Biology of the Environment, Populations and Ecology, La Rochelle Université, France. (2019)
  • M.S., Oceanography and Marine Sciences, Sorbonne Université, France. (2015)
  • B.S., Marine Biology, La Rochelle Université, France. (2012)

Professional Experience

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory postdoctoral fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA. (2022-present)
  • Postdoctoral fellow, La Rochelle Université, France. (2020-2022)
  • Postdoctoral fellow, Université de Caen, France. (2020)

Research Interests

The Land-Ocean interface: the biogeochemical exports from rivers and coastal ecosystems and the productivity of coastal ecosystems (intertidal mudflats, mangroves, marshes) by combining physical-biological modeling and space remote sensing.

Selected Publications

  1. Savelli, R., Serôdio, J., Cugier, P., Méléder, V., Polsenaere, P., Dupuy, C., Le Fouest, V. (2021) Potential impact of photoinhibition on microphytobenthic primary production on a large intertidal mudflat, Journal of Geophysical Research: biogeosciences, 126, e2021JG006443. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006443
  2. Savelli, R., Méléder, Cugier, P., Polsenaere, P., Dupuy, C., Lavaud, J., Barnett, A., Le Fouest, V. (2020) Mapping the intertidal microphytobenthos Gross Primary Production. Part II: Merging remote sensing and physical-biological coupled modeling, Frontiers in Marine Sciences, 7:521. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00521
  3. Méléder, V., Savelli, R., Barnett, A., Polseneare, P., Gernez, P., Cugier, P., Lerouxel, A., Le Bris, A., Dupuy, C., Le Fouest, V., Lavaud, J. (2020) Mapping the intertidal microphytobenthos Gross Primary Production. Part I: coupling multispectral remote sensing and physical modeling, Frontiers in Marine Sciences, 7:520. https://doi.org/ 10.3389/fmars.2020.00520
  4. Savelli, R., Bertin, X., Orvain, F., Gernez, P., Dale, A., Coulombier, T., Pineau, P., Lachaussée, N., Polsenaere, P., Dupuy, C., Le Fouest, V. (2019) Impact of chronic and massive resuspension mechanisms on the microphytobenthos dynamics in a temperate intertidal mudflat, Journal of Geophysical Research: biogeosciences, 124, 3752– 3777. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005369
  5. Savelli, R., Dupuy, C., Barillé, L., Lerouxel, A., Guizien, K., Philippe, A., Bocher, P., Polsenaere, P., Le Fouest, V. (2018) On biotic and abiotic drivers of the microphytobenthos seasonal cycle in a temperate intertidal mudflat: a modeling study, Biogeosciences, 15.23: 7243-7271, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-7243-2018

Projects

ECCO