Pierre Maffre

Postdoctoral Scholar on Frontier Research in Earth Sciences Grant (2019 – 2022)

Pierre’s research focuses on the interaction between tectonics, climate and the long-term carbon cycle. He worked in our group and with Prof. John Chiang on an effort to further understanding the effects of the emergence of the Southeast Asian Islands on global climate. Pierre pursued his PhD in Toulouse with collaborator Yves Godderis and has developed new numerical methods for modeling the weathering of silicate rocks within the GEOCLIM model framework.

Maffre, P.*, Chiang, J., and Swanson-Hysell, N.L. (2023) The effect of the Pliocene temperature pattern on silicate weathering and Pliocene–Pleistocene cooling, Climate of the Past, doi:10.5194/cp-19-1461-2023

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Maffre, P.*, Swanson-Hysell, N.L., and Goddéris, Y. (2021) Limited carbon cycle response to increased sulfide weathering due to oxygen feedback, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2021GL094589.

Park, Y.*, Maffre, P.*, Goddéris, Y., Macdonald, F.M., Anttila, E. and Swanson-Hysell, N.L. (2020), Emergence of the Southeast Asian Islands as a driver for Neogene cooling, PNAS, doi:10.1073/pnas.2011033117.

As of 2024, Pierre is a Researcher at CNRS affiliated with Aix-Marseille Université