2008 - Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography, University of Hawaii
Thesis: Climate-carbon cycle interactions on millennial to glacial
timescales as simulated by a model of intermediate complexity, LOVECLIM.
2002 - Master in Geochemistry, CEREGE, University of Aix-Marseille,
France
Thesis: Study of the in-situ precipitation of carbonate in marine microbialithes
2002 - Engineer in Chemistry, CPE Lyon, France
Research Interests
Paleoclimatology
Glacial/interglacial cycles
Millenial scale variability (Heinrich events)
Carbon cycle and its interaction with climate
Scientific Work Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2009 – present
Research Assistant (Ph.D. Student), Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, August 2003 – December 2008
Refereed Publications
Timmermann, A., O. Timm, L. Stott, and L. Menviel, 2007: Local orbital forcing as a jump-starter for the last glacial termination over Antarctica. submitted.
Menviel, L., A. Timmermann, O. Elison Timm, and A. Mouchet: Deconstructing the Last Glacial Termination: the role of millennial and orbital-scale forcings. Quaternary Science Reviews, in press.
Menviel, L., A. Timmermann, O. Elison Timm, A. Mouchet, A. Abe-Ouchi, M.O. Chikamoto, N. Harada, R. Ohgaito and Y. Okazaki, 2011: Removing the North Pacific halocline: Effects on global climate, ocean circulation and the carbon cycle. Deep Sea Res. II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.03.005.
Menviel, L., A. Timmermann, O. Elison Timm, and A. Mouchet, 2010: Climate and biogeochemical response to a rapid melting of the West-Antarctic Ice Sheet during interglacials and implications for future climate. Paleoceanography, 25, PA4231,
doi:10.1029/2009PA001892.
Okazaki, Y., A. Timmermann, L. Menviel, N. Harada, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. O. Chikamoto, A. Mouchet, and H. Asahi, 2010: Deep Water Formation in the North Pacific During the Last Glacial Termination. Science, 329 (5988), 200-204.
Timm, O., P. Koehler, A. Timmermann, and L. Menviel, 2010: Mechanisms for the onset of the African Humid Period and Sahara Greening 14.5–11 ka BP. J. Climate, 23, 2612–2633. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3217.1.
Timmermann, A., L. Menviel, Y. Okumura, A. Schilla, U. Merkel, O. Timm, A. Hu, B. Otto-Bliesner, and M. Schulz, 2010: Towards a quantitative understanding of millennial-scale Antarctic Warming events. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 74-85.
Friedrich, T., A. Timmermann, L. Menviel, O. Timm, A. Mouchet,
and D.M. Roche, 2009: Orbital modulation of millennial-scale climate
variability in an earth system model of intermediate complexity.
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 2019–2051.
Timmermann, A., and L. Menviel, 2009: What drives Climate Flip-Flops? Science, 325, 273-274.
Menviel, L., A. Timmermann, A. Mouchet, and O. Timm, 2008: Climate and marine carbon cycle response to changes in the strength of the southern hemispheric westerlies, Paleoceanography. Paleoceanography, 23, doi:10.1029/2008PA001604.
Menviel, L., A. Timmermann, A. Mouchet, and O. Timm, 2008: Meridional reorganizations of marine and terrestrial productivity during Heinrich events. Paleoceanography, 23, doi:10.1029/2007PA001445.
Li, Y-H., L. Menviel, and T.-H. Peng, 2006: Nitrate deficits by nitrification and denitrification processes in the Indian Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I, 53 (1), 94–110.