Curriculum Vitae: Fabien Maussion
Last updated: March 2022
Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences
Research centre for Climate
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 52f, A-6020 Innsbruck
Personal website: fabienmaussion.info
Professional career
- Since October 2021: Associate professor at ACINN, Universität Innsbruck
- Habilitation obtained in September with the title “Numerical modelling of global glacier change” (University of Innsbruck)
- 2021: 3 months research stay as “invited professor” at Université Grenoble Alpes & Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement
- 2016–2021: Assistant professor at ACINN, Universität Innsbruck
- 2015–2016: University Assistant at ACINN, Universität Innsbruck
- 2014–2015: Post-doc at the Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN), Universität Innsbruck
- 2008–2014: PhD / Post-doc at the Chair of Climatology, Technische Universität Berlin
- 2006–2007: Interim year as engineering trainee – Space mechanics at C-S Group, Toulouse
Education
- 2019: Data assimilation course at the University of Reading (1 week) and ECMWF (1 week)
- 2008–2014: Technische Universität Berlin - Chair of Climatology – PhD thesis
- 2007–2008: Technische Universität Berlin – International exchange year and Master degree
- 2005–2006: SUPAÉRO – Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace, Toulouse (aerospace engineering school)
- 2003–2004: Maths and physics preparation class in Strasbourg
- 2002: Baccalaureate (High School Diploma)
PhD Thesis defended in February 2014 with the title “A new atmospheric dataset for High Asia : development,
validation and applications in climatology and in glaciology” (summa cum laude).
Supervisor: Dieter Scherer. Reviewers: Christoph Schneider (RWTH Aachen), Georg Kaser (University of Innsbruck)
Awards
- Wilhelm-Lauer-Preis 2014 (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz): Prize for an outstanding, original dissertation in the field of mountain geography
Functions at the University of Innsbruck
- Deputy speaker (2017-2021) then speaker (2021-) of the Innsbruck Doctoral College “Mountain Climate and Environment”
- Chair of the “working group on IT and software infrastructure” at ACINN
Other activities & services to the community
- Co-Chair of the IACS working group: Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) and its role in future glacier monitoring and GLIMS
- Member of the IACS working group: Glacier ice thickness estimation
- Member of the CLIC working group: Glacier Model Intercomparison Project
- Scientific editor: Geoscientific Model Development (EGU Journal)
- Session convener Observing and modelling glaciers at regional to global scales (EGU2020-2022), Climate modeling in Mountain regions (IMC2019), Scientific Committee at IMC2022…
- Reviewer: J. Climate, J. Geophys. Res., Nature, Nature CC, J. Hydrometeorol., Int. J. Climatol., J. Hydrol., The Cryosph., J. Glaciol., Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., Earth Syst. Dynam., …
Contributions to open source software and open data
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Research projects and grants
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Teaching
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Student supervision
See team.
List of publications
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