Curriculum Vitae

Louvain-La-Neuve


Personal details:

name
  Svetlana Dubinkina
  gender
  female
birth
  27 February 1982, Bratsk, Russia
marital status
  married
nationality
  Russian Federation
work address
  2, Croix du Sud, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
tel.
  +32 10 47 9258
email
  svetlana.dubinkina@uclouvain.be

Education:

  • Ph.D., 28 May 2010. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Faculty of Science. Title: Statistical mechanics and numerical modelling of geophysical fluid dynamics. Advisors: Prof.dr.ir. J.E. Frank, Prof.dr. J.G. Verwer.
  • M.Sc., 30 June 2005. Novosibirsk State University, Russia. Faculty of Hydrodynamics. Title: Models of deformation of the film by thermocapillary forces. Advisor: Prof.dr. V.V. Pukhnachev. Grade: excellent (5 of 5).
  • B.Sc., 25 June 2003. Novosibirsk State University, Russia. Faculty of Hydrodynamics. Title: Investigation of the boundary layers in problem of the motion of fluid between rotating disks. Advisor: Prof.dr. V.V. Pukhnachev. Grade: excellent (4.9 of 5).

Professional experience:

2010-to date   Université catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
 
  Research Assistant (full-time job).

  Published articles (5); participated in conferences (about 8).

  Projects: The variability in climate models on decadal to centennial time scale. Data assimilation: particle filtering, Ensemble Kalman Filter.
2005-2010   Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  Research Assistant (full-time job).

  Published articles (3) and reports (3); participated in conferences (about 20).

  Projects: The statistical mechanics of discretizations. Geometric numerical methods for geophysical fluid dynamics. Symplectic integration of atmospheric dynamics.
2002-2005
  Lavrentiev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Novosibirsk, Russia.

  Research Assistant (part-time job).

  Published articles (1); participated in conferences (3).

  Projects: Motion of fluids with free interface under weightlessness.

Teaching experience:

Teaching Assistant for LPHY1114 Physique générale et éléments de mathématique 1 (Prof.dr. Delbar) at the Université catholique de Louvain.

Awards and Grants:

  • Complimentary EGU Membership (2013).
  • Rubicon program (2009) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). 2 year funding for individual research. Grant title ”Practical numerical simulations of the climate”.
  • The Young Scientist Travel Award (2009) from the European Geosciences Union, selected as a partially supported participant of the EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria.
  • The ASP Summer Colloquium ”Numerical Techniques for Global Atmospheric Models” (2008), selected as a partially supported participant, NCAR, Boulder, USA.
  • International Scientific Student Conference (2005), second place for the best scientific achievements, Novosibirsk, Russia.
  • Bachelor's (2003) end Master's (2005) diplomas with highest distinction.

Skills:

Languages: Russian (native), English (fluent), French (advanced), Dutch (intermediate).

Computer: Extensive knowledge of numerical algorithms. Programming in C, Fortran, Matlab. Experience of working under both Microsoft Windows and Linux environment. Experienced user of LaTeX, Word, Power Point and Excel.

Earth & Climate

Sciences and Technology

ELIC

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