EDUCATION

2007-now    Doctor of Science, GPA 5.0/5.0 (Expected graduation August 2009)

                    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

                    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

                    Thesis: “Spectral analysis of a linearized coupled land-atmosphere model”

                    Advised by Prof. Dara Entekhabi

2008-now    Master of Science (Expected graduation July 2009)

                    University of Paris I -La Sorbonne

                    Mathematical Modeling and Methods: Probability and Stochastic Processes

2004-2006   Master of Science, GPA 5.0/5.0

                    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

                    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

                    Thesis: “Analysis of the diurnal behavior of Evaporative Fraction”

                    Advised by Prof. Dara Entekhabi

1999-2002    Bachelor of Science (Ingénieur Degree)

                     SupAéro (French Space and Aeronautical School)

AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTERESTS

    - Land-Atmosphere interactions

    - Soil-Vegetation-Transfer-Atmosphere models

    - Applications of stochastic processes to hydrology and atmospheric boundary-layer

    - Stochastic rainfall and soil moisture

    - Remote sensing

    - Data-assimilation (filtering) of remote sensing measurements to estimate land-surface variables

    - Land-surface radiative-convective modeling

DEVELOPED MODEL

    - ICARE-SVAT (Interactive CAnopy Radiative Exchange - Soil Vegetation Atmosphere Transfer Model). Used at the French Space Agency (CNES) - Research Center for Remote Sensing of Biosphere (CESBIO)

        Description of the model in Gentine et al. 2007 pdf

Publications

    Hyperlink

AWARDS

2004-2005: Shoettler-MIT fellowship based on academic/professional performance

WORK EXPERIENCE

2002- 2004: Engineer at the French Space Agency (CNES) - Research Center for Remote Sensing of Biosphere (CESBIO) under supervision of Dr. Abdelghani Chehbouni.

Took part in a French-Moroccan cooperative effort to improve water management in south-eastern     Morocco. (SUDMED project)

1. •Developed and adapted land surface hydrologic model for semi-arid conditions.
   

2. •Performed field studies (turbulent and radiative fluxes, soil moisture).
   

3. •Dialogue with governmental agencies and local water managers.
   

2006-2007: Engineer at NATIXIS (4th largest French Investment Bank)

Quantitative Engineer - Computer Scientist in the Security Derivative Team

TEACHING

    Undergraduate calculus - linear algebra - mechanics tutoring