Summary
Patricia Derepentigny is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa and a climate scientist specializing in Arctic sea ice modeling, change, and variability, with eight years of research experience spanning PhD work at CU Boulder to postdoctoral positions at NCAR and UCLouvain. Her research combines Earth System Model projections with analyses of forcing uncertainty and internal climate variability to unravel drivers of sea ice retreat from seasonal to centennial scales. She has published in top journals including Nature Climate Change, Science Advances, and PNAS, authored an Elsevier book chapter on polar sea ice variability, and co-chairs the SIMIP initiative for CMIP7, coordinating model standards and community evaluation efforts. Known for bridging rigorous modeling with community-driven model intercomparison, she advances reproducible, interoperable approaches to sea ice evaluation while mentoring the next generation of polar scientists.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor of Science - BS, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bachelor of Science - BS, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Université du Québec à Montréal
Master of Science - MS, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Master of Science - MS, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University
French, English