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Robin Rolland

Research Interests

  • Internal waves and turbulent mixing
  • (Sub)mesoscale circulation
  • Seamount circulation and connectivity
  • Internal wave – mesoscale interactions
  • In-situ – model approach
  • Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) oceanic applications
Academic Education  
01/2022 – 12/2024 PhD candidate, Physical Oceanography, Sorbonne University - LOCEAN, Paris, France.
PhD title: Thesis title: Internal wave – mesoscale interactions and their impacts on the energy cascade: a case study in the Mediterranean Sea within the SWOT project, with Pascale Bouruet-Aubertot, Yannis Cuypers and Francesco d’Ovidio (LOCEAN).
09/2019 – 06/2021 Master in Oceanography – Physical and Biogeochemical Oceanography, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
Master internship: Lagrangian analysis of fine-scale ocean stirring: a preparatory study for the SWOT satellite mission, with Francesco d’Ovidio (LOCEAN).
09/2016 – 06/2019 Bachelor in Life and Earth Sciences – Sea, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
1-month internship: Development of an instrument to measure oceanic vertical velocities (Vertical Velocity Profiler), with Jean-Luc Fuda (MIO).
Publications
Rolland, R., P. Bouruet‐Aubertot, Y. Cuypers, A. Bosse, A. Petrenko, T. Maytie, A. Ponte, S. Barrillon, M. Berta, B. Mourre, A. Pascual, L. Izard, X. Capet, G. Grégori, F. d’Ovidio, und A. Doglioli (2026), Near-inertial wave trapping inside a fine-scale anticyclonic eddy during the BioSWOT-Med 2023 cruise: Turbulence and energy flux, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131, e2025JC022984. doi:10.1029/2025JC022984.
Joël, A., A.M. Doglioli, A. Bosse, P. Bouruet‐Aubertot, L. Buniak, X. Capet, G. Gregori, R. Martellucci, E. Mauri, M. Menna, T. Moutin, S. Nunige, M. Pacciaroni, R. Rolland, L. Rousselet, und E. Pulido‐Villena (2026), Ocean circulation modulating the nutrient distribution and fluxes at regional and fine scales: A case study in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL120726, doi:10.1029/2025GL120726.
Rolland, R., P. Bouruet-Aubertot, Y. Cuypers, et al. (submitted to JGR: Oceans), Near-inertial wave trapping inside a fine-scale anticyclonic eddy during the BioSWOT-Med 2023 cruise: turbulence and energy flux. Preprint: doi:10.22541/essoar.175087428.89625935/v1.
Rolland, R., P. Bouruet-Aubertot, Y. Cuypers, A. Albert, und J. Le Sommer (2025), Internal wave energetics and interactions with mesoscale structures in the Sicily Channel area, Progress in Oceanography, 234, 103465. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103465.
Conferences and talks  
Apr 2024 [poster] European Geophysical Union (EGU), Vienne, Austria

Poster presentation: "Are we underestimating eddy –wave interactions in the Mediterranean Sea? Insights from the BioSWOT-Med 2023 cruise”, SWOT session. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17494
Mar 2023 [talk] SiMED (Simulation of the MEDiterranean Sea) group annual meeting (online), Toulouse, France

Oral presentation: "The role of mesoscale – wave interactions on energy transfers in the Sicily Channel area”
Feb 2023 [talk] Eddy-Wave meeting (online), Hamburg, Germany

Oral presentation: "The role of mesoscale – wave interactions on energy transfers in the Sicily Channel area”.
Nov 2022 [talk] Ocean Surface Topography Science Meeting (OSTST), Venise, Italy

Oral presentation: "Lagrangian analysis of fine-scale (1–100 km) ocean stirring: A preparatory study for the SWOT satellite mission”, doi:10.24400/527896/a03-2022.3488
Participation in Scientific Cruises      
FS Sonne, SO313 Louisville Ridge - Southwest Pacific Juni - Juli 2025 PI: Thomas Khun
FS L'Atalante BioSWOT-Med
Oceanographic Survey in the Western Mediterranean Sea, doi:10.17600/18002392 		April - Mai 2023 PI: Andrea Doglioli und Gérald Grégori
FS L'Atalante PROTEVS-Gascogne
Oceanographic Survey in the northern Bay of Biscay south of Brittany 		Sept 2022 PI: Lucie Bordois und Franck Dumas