KITTEL Christoph

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KITTEL Christoph

Faculté des Sciences
Département de géographie
Climatologie et Topoclimatologie
Sphères

ULiège address
Bât. B11 Climatologie et Topoclimatologie
Quartier Village 4
clos Mercator 3
4000 Liège 1
Belgique
ULiège phone number
+32 4 3665223
ULiège Fax
+32 4 3665722
Email
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University degrees
2021: Doctorat en Sciences (Université de Liège)
2016: Master en Sciences géographiques, orientation climatologie (Université de Liège)

Biography

As early as secondary school, Christoph KITTEL was particularly interested in geography and physics courses. Professor Erpicum (professor of Climatology), during a study fair, really captivated him to such an extent that he was content to listen to him for more than an hour about topo-climates and other local specificities of climates, without going to see other speakers. Another revelation is a huge interest in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe and offshore sailing races. A common thread in all this? Meteorology and climatology, which could only lead him to take a Bachelor's degree in Geography from 2011 to 2014 before, again under the guidance of Professor Erpicum, moving on to a Master's degree in Climatology, which he completed in 2016 with a thesis using modelling tools to represent the climate of Greenland. Polar climates...a new great passion. These years of study are also an opportunity to get involved in student life in various circles and associations. 

The next step took place at the Climatology and Topoclimatology Laboratory with a thesis under the supervision of Xavier Fettweis, the aim of which was to better represent in models the interplay between the ocean and the atmosphere in Antarctica. This thesis (completed in 2021) focuses on recent and future variations in snow accumulation at the surface of Antarctica. He is also taking the opportunity to contribute to the development of the regional atmospheric model MAR, a model that is a global reference for studying polar climates. 

Today, Christoph is involved in several scientific projects studying Antarctica while developing new modelling tools that will aim to represent the evolution of climate, ocean and ice dynamics in Greenland before applying these tools to the Antarctic Ice Sheet...

Research field

  • Climatologie
  • Glaciologie
  • Océanographie physique et chimique
  • Météorologie

Scientific distinctions

  • José-Adolphe Sporck Prize (2016)