Julien Gérard Anet

About me

I am a PhD student in Prof. Dr. T. Peters Atmospheric Chemistry group working on modeling the influence of solar variability on past and future climate change. This work is supervised by E. Rozanov (PMOD/WRC) and T. Peter (IAC/ETH Zürich).
Among others, sensitivity experiments are being fulfilled for an in-depth analysis of the Dalton Minimum (1780-1840) to investigate the effects of the UV/Visible radiation, the energetic particle precipitation and the volcanic eruptions on the historic climate.

This PhD project is part of the FUPSOL project, which involves also the University of Bern (Geography and Physics departments), the EAWAG and the PMOD/WRC.

The model used is SOCOLv3: The coupled MEZON chemistry model to the global circulation model ECHAM5 - which is itself coupled via OASIS to the Max Planck Institute Ocean Model (MPI-OM).

CV

Personal information

Name: Julien Gérard Anet
Date of birth: 27th of November 1986
Citizenship: Switzerland, Geneva
Relationship: Single, no children

Objective

PhD in Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ)

Education

09/2008 – 07/2010 Master studies in Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, ETHZ with
graduation in 07/2010 as MSc Atmos. Clim. Sci. ETH (Grade 5.2)
Master thesis topic: “Using the Community land model in air pollution modeling” (Grade 5.25)

06/2008 Graduated as Bachelor in Earth Sciences at ETHZ (Grade 5.4)
Bachelor thesis topic: “Understanding the role of Potential-Vorticity-Streamers affecting rainfall in Northern Switzerland” (Grade 5.5)

4th Quarter 2007 Studies in Earth Sciences/Climatology at Leeds University / GB (ERASMUS)

2005 until 2008 Studies in Earth Sciences at ETH Zürich

06/2005 Passed final High school Examinations with honors in July (Maturity-Exam)

Professional Experience

09/2011 until 05/2012 Working part time as chief weather forecaster at Meteotest Bern
09/2009 until 06/2010 Working as assistant at the ETH Zurich in Mathematics
02/2009 until 07/2009 Working as weather forecasting assistant at Meteotest Bern
10/2008 until 02/2009 Internship at Meteotest Bern in the weather forecasting section as well as for the wind measurements PHP-scripting, MySQL, WebServices, Weather charts analysis
02/2008 until 05/2008 Working as assistant at the ETH Zurich in Statistics
07/2005 until 09/2005 Working at the St-Luc Observatory as a guide, administrator and telescope operator

Further education

02/2011 until 04/2011 CCES Winter School: Basics of interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary communication between science and public stakeholders
09/2010: Fortran for Scientific computing (HLRS course)

Languages

French: Native language
German: As a bilingual, Grade C2 considering the European Language Portfolio
English: Fluent, Grade C1 considering the European Language Portfolio First Certificate with Grade B
Spanish: Proficient, Grade B1-2 considering the European Language Portfolio

Informatics

Excel: Very good knowledge
Word: Very good knowledge
Linux: Good knowledge
MATLAB, Maple, R, Fortran: Good knowledge
PHP, MySQL: Good knowledge
Java: Basic knowledge

Extracurricular activities

03/2012 ongoing: Trainer of the ASVZ-Road-cycling group
09/2011 ongoing: Administrator/IT & WebDesign of the weather forecasting site WRFmodel.ch
2009 ongoing: Weather forecaster for "WetterInfo.ch Anet" (own company)
2005 ongoing: Guide at the St-Luc observatory

Interests

Road cycling: Especially steep roads, climbing passes but no races
Mountainbike: Benefit from the nature without the danger from traffic
Trekking and alpine ski: Enjoying the nature and its beauty, finding the optimal path
Astronomy: Astrophotography with digital cameras, including picture editing on the computer later on
Singing: Ex-Member of the "CantAmabile" and "Joy Singers"-a-capella choir

Publications

• In prep: "Why can solar or volcanic contributions alone not explain the dramatic change in dynamics and chemistry during the Dalton Minimum?", J. G. Anet, E. Rozanov, and T. Peter, 2012, Atmos. Chem. Phys.

• In prep: "The effect of energetic particles, volcanic eruptions and decrease in solar activity during the Dalton Minimum on tropospheric dynamics and chemistry", J. G. Anet, S. Muthers, E. Rozanov, C. Raible, S. Brönnimann, and T. Peter, 2012, Clim. of the past

• Computation of the sun's rotational period, 2004, Freies Gymnasium Bern, Final Work in High school
• Understanding the role of Potential-Vorticity-Streamers affecting rainfall in Northern Switzerland, 2008, ETHZ, Bachelor Thesis
• Using the Community Land Model in Air Pollution Modeling, 2010, ETHZ/EMPA, Master Thesis