CURRICULUM VITAE University Ca'Foscari of Venice C/O Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sul I Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) Viale Aldo Moro 44, 40127 Bologna Italy Office: (+39) 051 3782690 Fax: (+39) 051 3782655 E-mail: claudine.wenhaji@cmcc.it/clauweh2005@yahoo.fr PERSONAL INFORMATIONS Surname: First Name: Gender: WENHAJI NDOMENI Claudine Female Date of Birth: 20 December 1981 Place of Birth: Nationality: Douala (Cameroon) Cameroonian RESEARCH INTERESTS African Climate Variability and Change; West African Monsoon; Climate of the Sahel Land Ocean Atmosphere interactions Dynamical Meteorology; Dynamics of the Atmosphere; Troposphere- Stratosphere Coupling PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
October 2005 - September 2007 Diploma in Higher Teachers Training School Specialty: Physics ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE (ENS) DE YAOUNDE I EDUCATION Since September 2010: Ph.D student in a joined PhD programme between the Ca Foscari University of Venice and CMCC in Bologna. Expected graduation date: August 2013 Title of the Thesis: Modeling of the West African Climate in a set of CMCC historical simulations and scenarios and the possible role of Sea Surface Temperatures Biases and land surface parameters. Supervisors: Dr. Silvio GUALDI (Italy), Dr. Stefano MATERIA (Italy) and Prof. Alessandra GIANNINI (USA) September 2007 - August 2009: Pre-PhD student at the Abdum Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste-Italy Qualification: Diploma in Earth System Physics; Research's thesis: Influence of Stratospheric Ozone Absorption and CO2 Concentration Changes on the Tropospheric Flow in Idealized AGCM Experiments. Supervisor: Dr. Fred Kucharski October 2004 - June 2006: Year 4 postgraduate diploma in atomic Physics Specialty: Particles and Radiation, University of Douala-Cameroon. Qualification: Master degree in Physics. Research's thesis: Heat Transfer: Theoretical Study of the production of pure water by solar radiation. Supervisor: Dr Robert MBIAKE (CEPAMOQ)
October 2003 - September 2004: Bachelor degree in Physics, University of Douala-Cameroon June 2001: BACCALAUREAT in Physics, Mathematics and Biology, Lycee d'oyack - Cameroon OTHER WORK-EDUCATION EXPERIENCES September 2009 - August 2010: Guest research assistant at the institute of Meteorology of Berlin (Germany). Work with Prof. Dr. Katja Matthes on atmospheric vertical coupling processes in response to natural forcing (QBO, Solar forcing). Results presented at the middle atmosphere seminar s group. Title: What is the effect of QBO nudging in WACCM3 compared to other chemistry climate models? TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Physics, chemistry and Technology disciplines at High school (LYCEE D OYACK) of Douala Cameroon AWARDS 2003 Award of excellence by the Ministry of Higher Education of Cameroon as one of the best students in Science (men and women) among all the students enrolled in Science in the six Cameroonian state Universities 2008-2009 Twelve months studentship (UNESCO and IAEA) at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy 2010-2013 University Ca'Foscari of Venice/CMCC of Bologna Postgraduate Studentship (Very competitive International award based on academic merit)
PRESENTATIONS 4 th African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) conference, Toulouse, 02-07 July 2012 France (Oral presentation). Title: The West-African Climate in the CMCC General Circulation Model and the possible role of Sea Surface Temperatures Biases. European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna, 22-27 April 2012, Austria (Poster presentation). Title: Analysis of the Representation of the West-African Climate in a set of CMCC Climate Model Simulations. MEMBERSHIP of PROFESSIONAL and INETRNATIONAL SOCIETY BODIES Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) since April 2012 Member of African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) community since July 2012 Member of the AMMA Network (AMMA-NET) which is AMMA for AFRICA since July 2012 SKILLS Excellent academic and pedagogic teaching skills Hardworker, Self motivating and innovating, ability to work and collaborate in a multidiscipliary team, highly responsible and independent, ability to co-ordinate and balance multiple projects, excellent learning abilities, anxious to be a model in all that I do wherever I am, like job well done, leader skills, excellent planning, organizational and follow up skills, Time limit respect, new languages learning abilities. COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
Good use of FORTRAN, FORTRAN90, WINDOWS, EXCEL, LINUX, SHELL UNIX, LATEX Extensive knowledge of softwares for numerical calculation, analysis and visualization of scientific data such as MATLAB and GRADS, and applications for manipulating meteorological and climatic data, such as NCO and CDO. Familiar with Supercomputers, General Circulation Models (numerical atmospheric modeling): SPEEDY (ICTP-Italy), EMAC and ECHAM5 (Max Planck Instutite-Germany) SELECTED CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS 4 th African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) conference, Toulouse, 02-07 July 2012 France: English Oral presentation European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna, 22-27 April 2012, Austria: Poster presentation Solaris Workshop, Potsdam, 10 12 March 2010 Central Africa, Cameroon and Global Change Yaoundé Cameroon (06-o8 June 2007) Workshop on High Resolution Climate Modeling cosponsored by COLA, NASA, MD, 10 14 August 2009 Trieste Italy (ICTP) Targeted Training Activity: Predictability of Weather and Climate: Theory and Applications to Intra seasonal Variability and South Asian Climate Outlook Forum. Cosponsored by WMO, 27 July 7 August 2009, Trieste Italy (ICTP) National conference given by M. CHEICKH MADIBO DIARRA at the CFAO group Technologies and GICAM group. Douala Cameroon (2005) Seventh international conference on Physics and modern applications of laser (LAM7) Douala Cameroon (2004)
LANGUAGES SKILLS Official Languages : French (Excellent) and English (fluent) Other languages : Italian (fluent ), German (basic), Bafang (Mother language) EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITES Singing, dancing, travelling, Sport (Athletics, Football, Gymnastics) NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REFEREES 1. Dr. Silvio Gualdi INGV/CMCC Viale Aldo Moro 44, 40127 Bologna-Italy Office: (+39) 051 3782617 Fax: (+39) 051 3782655 E-mail: silvio.gualdi@bo.ingv.it 2.Prof. Alessandra Giannini International Research Institute for Climate and Society P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, U.S.A. phone/fax: +1(845) 680-4473/4864, Email: alesall@iri.columbia.edu 3.Dr. Fred kurchaski ICTP Permanent Research Scientist ESP Group Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste-Italy Office: +39 040 2240 345 Email: kucharsk@ictp.it
4.Prof. Dr. Katja Mathhes Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics - Marine Meteorology Head of the group Physics of Atmosphere Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel-Germany Office: (+49) 431 600 4054 Fax: (+49) 431 600 4052 E-Mail: kmatthes@geomar.de