Corinne Le Quéré
Marie Corinne Lyne Le Quéré CBE FRS (born July 1966) is a French-Canadian scientist. She is Professor of Climate Change Science and Policy at the University of East Anglia and former Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
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Born | July 1966 53) | (age
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Climatology |
Institutions | University of East Anglia |
Website | tyndall |
Education
Le Quéré received her B.Sc. in physics from University of Montreal, an M.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from McGill University, and a Ph.D. in oceanography from University of Paris VI.[1]
Career and research
She was co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) from 2009 until 2013. [2] Since 2014 she has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Future Earth platform for sustainability research.[3] Within the GCP, she initiated and directs the annual publication of the Global Carbon Budget.[4][5][1]
Honours and awards
Le Quéré was awarded the Claude Berthault award from the French Academy of Sciences in 2012, [6] the first Copernicus medal of the Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. in 2013/2014,[7] and was the annual Bolin lecturer in Stockholm University in 2014.[8]
In 2015, she received a Blaise Pascal Medal for Earth and Environmental Sciences from the European Academy of Sciences.[9]
In 2016, Le Quéré was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society[10]
In 2016, she was also listed among the 20 "women making waves in the climate change debate" on the Road to Paris.[11]
Le Quéré was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to climate change science.[12]
In 2019, she also won the Prince Albert I Medal[13] and was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.[14]
In 2020, she received the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences for her interdisciplinary research on the interactions between climate change and the carbon cycle[15].
References
- "Corinne Le Quere Biography". Tyndall.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- "GCP : Global Carbon Project : Homepage". Global Carbon Project. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- "Home". Future Earth. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- "Carbon Budget". Globalcarbonproject.org. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, for which Dr. Le Quéré is a lead author.
- "Prix de Mme Claude Berthault: Lauréat d'année 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- "Copernicus e.V. - Medal". Copernicus-gesellschaft.org. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- "Science Forum with Prof. Corinne Le Quéré, Bolin Climate Lecturer 2014 - Faculty of Science". Science.su.se. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- "The Blaise Pascal Medals 2015". Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- "Corinne Le Quéré". Royal Society. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- "20 women making waves in the climate change debate - Road to Paris - ICSU". Roadtoparis.info. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B9.
- Prince Albert I Medal
- "Loi n° PRER1910335D du 13 juillet 2019 portant promotion et nomination", Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French), 14 July 2019
- "UEA professor wins international environmental sciences prize for climate change research". University of East Anglia. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.