Meet Julia Pfeffer – Early Career Scientist
Julia Pfeffer, a French research engineer with strong expertise in the monitoring of the global water cycle with satellite geodetic measurements. Since September 2020, she has led the activities in satellite gravimetry developed at Magellium with successful outcomes in all projects involved. She is currently leading the ESA SING project aiming at evaluating the performance of the future satellite gravity missions NGGM and MAGIC, the CNES SAGSA project aiming at developing an operational data and service center in satellite gravimetry, and the Copernicus Marine Service F3O project aiming at improving ocean reanalyses and forecasts with the integration of enhanced river discharge datasets.
With a PhD in Geophysics from the University of Strasbourg, she has built extensive experience in scientific research, including four years at the Australian National University in Canberra contributing to the development of the ANU GRACE mascon solution. In 2013, she was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from CNES, leading to the creation of the ALTIGAPS database to quantify vertical land motions and sea level variations in coastal regions. Her early work focused on assessing surface and groundwater storage changes in the Niger and Amazon river basins using in-situ and satellite geodetic data. She has supervised numerous Master’s and PhD students and played a key role in strengthening expertise in satellite gravimetry within the Earth Observation Unit at Magellium. She has authored over 25 scientific papers, delivered more than 50 international conference presentations, and contributed to the development and open dissemination of several Level 3 and Level 4 geodetic datasets.
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