Catherine Jeandel is a French geochemical oceanographer known for her research on isotope geochemistry and trace elements in the ocean.

Education and career

Jeandel grew up in northern

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wanting to be an ocean scientist, despite a lack of interest in mathematics. She was a student at the

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from 1977 to 1982. Jeandel earned a B.S. and her Ph.D. at the University of Paris VII. From 1982 until 1983, she was a research associate at the

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris - Université de Paris (IPGP, University of Paris; French for "Paris Institute of Earth Physics") is a French governmental, non-profit research and higher education establishment located in Paris, dedicat ...

. She joined the

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(CNRS) in 1983. From 1988 until 1990, Jeandel was at the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory. She was promoted to research director at the CNRS in 2007. In 2018, Jeandel was elected a fellow of the

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who cited her "for fundamental research on the marine

biogeochemical cycle A biogeochemical cycle (or more generally a cycle of matter) is the pathway by which a chemical substance cycles (is turned over or moves through) the biotic and the abiotic compartments of Earth. The biotic compartment is the biosphere and ...

s of trace elements and for exploiting them as tracers in chemical and paleoceanography".

Research

Jeandel is known for her research on trace elements found in seawater and on marine particles, include investigations into

vanadium Vanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery-grey, malleable transition metal. The elemental metal is rarely found in nature, but once isolated artificially, the formation of an oxide layer ( pass ...

chromium Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal. Chromium metal is valued for its high corrosion resistance and h ...

, and neodynium. She has examined trace elements at multiple locations in the global ocean, include time-series sites such as KERFIX, in the Southern Ocean, and the EUMELI sites in the Atlantic Ocean. A portion of her research examines the role of particles from land that transport trace elements into marine systems Jeandel served on the Scientific Steering Committee of the GEOTRACES project, where she focused on the transport of trace elements into the global ocean.

Selected publications

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Awards and honors

*Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2018) *CNRS bronze medal (1992) *Knight of the French Legion of Honor (2008) *Officer of the French National Order of Merit (

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's es ...

) (2015) *Georges Milot Prize and Medal from the

French Academy of Sciences The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at th ...

(2018) *Fellow,

Geochemical Society The Geochemical Society is a nonprofit scientific organization founded to encourage the application of chemistry to solve problems involving geology and cosmology. The society promotes understanding of geochemistry through the annual Goldschmidt C ...

and the

European Association of Geochemistry The European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) is a pan-European organization founded to promotes geochemical research. The EAG organizes conferences, meetings and educational courses for geochemists in Europe, including the Goldschmidt Conference w ...

(2018)

References

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*, interview with Jeandel {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeandel, Catherine Fellows of the American Geophysical Union French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists Living people University of Paris alumni Women geochemists French oceanographers 1957 births