Yann Planton
Research Fellow at CNRS
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolYann Planton is a research fellow and data scientist with eight-plus years translating climate science into robust tools and actionable insights, including a lead-developed Python package used by the U.S. DoE and IPCC. He has coauthored 10 papers (one in Nature, one in Science), earned 1200+ citations with a Web of Science Highly Cited paper, and collaborated with over 150 researchers across 50+ institutes. His work blends statistical methods, machine learning, and large-scale model analysis—he led evaluations of 3,500+ climate simulations and reduced model-evaluation complexity by 77% through dimensionality techniques. He has a track record of turning puzzling physical questions into testable experiments, for example explaining asymmetries in El Niño/La Niña predictability, and he applies those insights to improve regional projections and adaptation strategies. Based in Paris and trained in ocean-atmosphere sciences (PhD), he bridges academic rigor and production-ready software that informs policy-grade assessments.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Master of Science - MS, Environmental Fluid Mechanics at Université Grenoble AlpesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface at Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)
English, French, German
Github Skills (10)
python9
forge8
conda4
conda-forge4
oceanography2
climate-science2
management1
atmospheric-modelling1
scientific-computing1
data-analysis1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CLIVAR-PRP/ENSO_metrics
Sep 2017 - Jan 2023
CMIP ENSO metrics python code
Contributions:4 releases, 264 commits, 11 PRs in 5 years 4 months
python-codepythoncmipensopython3
yyplanton/estimating_uncertainties_enso
Nov 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 125 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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