Benoît Guillod

PhD student in Land-Climate Interactions group led by Prof. Sonia I. Seneviratne

Research Activities

• Observation-based investigation of land-precipitation coupling (FLUXNET)
• Modelling-based investigation of soil moisture-precipitation feedback (COSMO-CLM)
• Testing the influence of prescribed soil type in the regional climate model COSMO-CLM

Publications

Peer-reviewed

• Guillod, B.P., E.L. Davin, C. Kündig, G. Smiatek, S.I. Seneviratne, 2012. Impact of soil map specifications for European climate simulations. Submitted to Climate Dynamics.

Thesis / Semester Papers

• Guillod B., 2010, Footprint Modeling for Heavy Particles, Master Thesis, Unpublished.
• Guillod B., 2008, Radio-echo sounding on the Rhone Glacier, Semester Paper on a Scientific Topic, Unpublished.

Oral Presentations

• COSMO-CLM user meeting, Langen, 2011. "Comparison of FAO versus JRC soil map in COSMO-CLM".

Poster Presentations

• iLEAPS Science Conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2011. "The influence of prescribed soil type in regional climate simulations".
• EGU 2011 (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2011), Vienna, 2011. "The influence of prescribed soil type in regional climate simulations".
• EGU 2011 (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2011), Vienna, 2011. "Observation-based investigation of land-precipitation feedback".
• Swiss Global Change Day, Bern, 2011. "The influence of prescribed soil type in regional climate simulations".

Teaching assistance

• Autumn Semester 2011: Land-climate interactions
• Spring semester 2011: Numerical Modeling of Weather and Climate and Atmospheric physics lab work (Psychrometry and wind chill)

Links

• FLUXNET network of eddy-covariance flux measurement sites
• COSMO-CLM²: coupled atmosphere-biosphere regional climate model

Short CV

Education

• 2010-now - PhD candidate, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2007-2009 - MSc in Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich
• 2006-2007 - Exchange year, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India
• 2004-2007 - BSc in Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

(Relevant) Work Experience

• March-April 2009 - Internship in the Bio- and Environmental Meteorology group, MeteoSwiss, Zurich, Switzerland
• 09/2008-02/2009 - Internship at CHEMA (Community Habitat Environmental MAnagement), Omurushaka, Tanzania (internship funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)
• 2005-2011 - Student-assistant for various classes at EPFL and ETH Zurich

Workshops / Summer courses

• Early Career Scientist Workshop, “Challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary collaboration in Land Ecosystem - Atmospheric Processes (LEAP) science”, September 16-17 2011, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
• 10th International NCCR Climate Summer School, "Climate Change, Extremes and Ecosystem Services", September 4-9 2011, Grindelwald, Switzerland
• 4th Summer Course in Flux Measurements and Advanced Modeling, July 18-29 2011, Univ. Colorado Mountain Research Station, CO, USA
• Writing Research Papers for Publication, Spring Semester 2011, ETH Zurich Language Center, Zurich, Switzerland

Languages

• French - native
• English - fluent (level C2)
• German - fluent (level C2), incl. Swiss-german
• Swahili - good (level B1)
• Spanish - basic

Other activities (private)

Theater (french-speaking theater groups in Zurich)

• Troupe de la Rosée - last play: "Cochons d'Inde", 25-27 November 2011, Theatersaal Irchel, Zurich. more infos
• Compagnie des décalés - next play: "Les diablogues" de R. Dubillard, 8-11 February 2012 at 20h, Theater Stok, Zurich. more infos

Music: Violoncello