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   Date and place of Birth: 17/04/1977, La Rochelle (France)

   Nationality: French
   Cohabiting, 2 children (Timéo & Eloi)
 

Work address: 
   CNRS / Université de Bordeaux ; UMR 5805 EPOC
   Avenue des Allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire - CS 50023 - 33615 PESSAC CEDEX - FRANCE
   Email: bruno.castelle@u-bordeaux.fr


Education:

   2001: MEng in Marine Engineering (ISITV, Université de Toulon et du Var, France)
   2001: MSc in Coastal Oceanography (Université Aix-Marseille, France) 
   2004: PhD "Modelling of wave-dominated sandy beaches" (Université Bordeaux I, France)
   2012: HDR "Physical analysis of the processes governing coastal evolution" (Université Bordeaux I, France)

Working experience since graduating:
   2005 - 2007: Senior Research Assistant (GCCM, Griffith University, Australia)
   October 2007 - September 2011: CNRS Research Scientist (CR2)
   October 2011 - September 2017: CNRS Research Scientist (CR1)

   October 2017 - present: CNRS Senior Research Scientist (DR2)


RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Research Themes:
   Sandy beaches and dunes
   Nearshore circulation, rip currents and beach safety
   Long-term shoreline change and climate change impact
   Impact and recovery from severe storms

Approach:
   Process-based and reduced complexity numerical modelling
   Remote Sensing (optical satelliet imagey, drones and fixed vide stations
   Coastal monitoring program
   In-situ measurements
   Physical modelling
   Data assimilation

MAIN ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
Editorial activity
   Associate Editor for Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans (2016-...)
   Editor for Ocean Dynamics (2015-2021)
   Guest Associate Editors for Special Issues in Ocean Dynamics and Journal of Coastal Research

Primary membership of Scientific Committees and scientific animation:
   METHYS Team Leader (2021-...)
   Scientific coordinator of the French monitoring service SNO DYNALIT (national 2017-2020, regional 2020-...)
   Mission Head of Sientific Animation of Research Laboratory EPOC (2016-...)
   Scient. Com. of the International Life Saving Federation (ILS) RipSafe Alliance against surfzone drowning
   Scient. Com. of the Acclimaterra, a regional independant scientific panel on the impact of Climate Change
   Scient. Com. member of the Regional Observatory of the Science of the Universe OSUNA

Reviewer of journal papers submitted to:
   Earth-Science Reviews ; Earth Surface Dynamics ; Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans ; Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface ; Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ; Geomorphology ; Marine Geology ; Coastal Engineering ; Journal of Climate ; Natural Hazards ; Continental Shelf Research ; Water Ressources ; Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics ; International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering ; Journal of Coastal Research ; Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment ; Applied Ocean Research ; Geomorphologie, Reliefs, Processus ; Geo-Marine Letters ; Marine Geodesy ; Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science ; International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering ; Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering ; Geoscience ; Journal of Marine Science and Engineering ; Ocean Modelling Ocean and Coastal Management ; Frontiers in Marine Science ...

Reviewer of proposals submitted to:
   National Science Fundation (NSF / US)
   Natural Environment Research Council (NERC / UK)
   Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC / Canada)
   Delaware Sea Grant (US)
   Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO / The Netherlands)
   European Doctoral Program in Energy and Envirnment (EDENE / Europe)
   Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR / France)
   Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU / France)
   Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES / France)
   Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA / France)
   ...