Patrick RIOUAL
    
Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
P.O. Box 9825, Beijing 100 029, P.R. China
Email : prioual@mail.igcas.ac.cn
Office: (+86) 010 8299 8260
Lab: (+86) 010 6238 7077
Mobile: (+86) 135 0108 4340
 

Born in Orange (France) on June 22nd 1971

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  • July 1996- July 2000:  Mphil/PhD at Environmental Change Research Centre (ECRC), University College London (UCL).
  • Sept. 1993 – Sept.  94: “Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.)”  = Master Thesis – Freshwater ecology and  Palaeoecology. University Aix-Marseille 3.
  • Sept. 1992 – June 93: “Maîtrise” in Biology of Organisms and Populations, University Grenoble I
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    Skills:

    I am specialized in palaeolimnology, using lake sediment records to reconstruct past environmental and climate changes in Eurasia during the Late Quaternary. I use fossil diatoms, which are unicellular algae with a siliceous shell that are generally abundant and well preserved in lake sediments, as a proxy parameter.

    Professional experience:
  • March 2004 to present: Employed by the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, with the title of Guest Professor.
  • January 2001 to February 2004: Postdoctoral Research fellow at the ECRC. Palaeoclimate record from Lake Baikal (European Union project CONTINENT)
  • July 1999-November 1999: Employed as Research fellow by the Department of Geography, University College London, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) contract.
  • Sept 1994 - May 1996: Employed by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, Arles): Analysis of plant production and sedimentation rate (contract European Communities MEDDELT).
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    Memberships of professional associations:
  • Association Française de Limnologie (since 1996)
  • International Society for Diatom Research (since 2001)
  • Quaternary Research Association (since 2002)
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    Honours:

    Appointed Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Geography of University College London (UK) for the period 2004-2010.

    Research Grants awarded:
  • January 2009 – December 2011: Grant awarded from the Natural Science foundation of China (#40872113) to work on the Last Glacial diatom record of Lake Sihailongwan (NE China)– 400,000 Yuan Renminbi
  • January 2007 – December 2009: Chinese Academy of Sciences project (# KZCX2-YW-02) to research the inter-dunal lakes of the Badain Jaran desert (Inner Mongolia)– 400,000 Yuan Renminbi
  • January 2006 – December 2008: Grant awarded from the Natural Science foundation of China (#40502018) to built a diatom-based calibration data-set for lakes in North-East China– 280,000 Yuan Renminbi
  • January 2005 – December 2007: Named research fellow on Chinese Academy of Sciences key-project (# KZCX3-SW-145): "High-resolution past climate records from China maar-lakes" – 1,500,000 Yuan Renminbi
  • March 2004 – February 2007: awarded a research grant as Guest professor by the Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing – 500,000 Yuan Renminbi
  • November 2002: University College London Graduate School Research Projects Grant. Funds for dating recent sediment cores using gamma spectrometry analyses of the radionucleides 210Pb and 137Cs.  £1,200
  • January 2001: Named Research Fellow for the grant awarded by the European Union to work on the palaeoclimate record of Lake Baikal (European Union project CONTINENT) - £160,000
  • March 2000: Grant awarded as contributor to the European Union project “European Diatom Database Initiative (EDDI)” - £2,000
  • July 1999 – November 1999: Grant from The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC - UK) to work as Research Fellow on the Last Interglacial sediment sequence of Ribains (French Massif Central) - £33,500
  • September 1996 – August 1998: European Communities Marie Curie “Research & Mobility Grant”, awarded to carry out a PhD degree at University College London (UK) – £42,700
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    List of publications:
    1、
    • Rioual, P. & Wang, L., 2009. Environmental and climatic changes inferred from lake deposits in China: a review of recent progress. PAGES News, 17, 110-112.
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      • Chu, G., Sun, Q., Wang, X., Li, D., Rioual, P., Liu, Q., Han, J. & Liu, J., (2009). A 1600 year multiproxy record of paleoclimatic change from varved sediments in Lake Xiaolongwan, northeastern China. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D22108, doi:10.1029/2009JD012077.
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      • Chu, G., Sun, Q., Gu, Z., Rioual, P., Liu, Q., Wang, K., Han, J. & Liu, J. (2009). Dust records from varved lacustrine sediments of two neighboring lakes in northeastern China over the last 1400 years. Quaternary International.  194: 108-118.
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      • Liu, J., Chu, G., Han, J., Rioual, P., Jiao, W. & Wang, K. (2009). Volcanic eruptions in the Longgang volcanic field, northeastern China, during the past 15,000 years. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 34: 645-654.
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      • Wang, L., Lu, H., Liu, J., Gu, Z., Mingram, J., Chu, G., Li, J., Rioual, P., Negendanl, J.F., Han, J. & Liu, T. (2008). Diatom-based inference of variations in the strength of Asian winter monsoon winds between 17,500 and 6000 calendar years B.P. Journal of Geophysical Research. 113, D21101. doi:10.1029/2008JD010145.
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      • Ma, N., Yang, X. & Rioual, P. (2008). Preliminary study on the alkalinity of water in the region of the Badan Jilin desert. Quaternary Sciences. 28: 511-512.(in Chinese)
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      • You, H., Liu, J., Liu, Q., Chu, G., Rioual, P. & Han, J. (2008). Study of the varve record from Erlongwan maar lake, NE China, over the last 13 ka BP. Chinese Science Bulletin. 53: 262-266.
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      • Chu, G. Sun, Q., Rioual, P., Boltovskoy, A., Liu, Q., Sun, P. Han, J. & Liu, J. (2008). Dinocyst microlaminatioms and freshwater “red tides” recorded in Lake Xiaolongwan, northeastern China. Journal of Paleolimnology. 39: 319-333.
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      • Rioual, P., Andrieu-Ponel, V., Beaulieu, J.-L. de, Reille, M., Svobodova, H. & Battarbee, R.W. (2007). Diatom responses to limnological and climatic changes at Ribains maar (French Massif central) during the Eemian and early Würm. Quaternary Science Reviews. 26: 1557-1609.
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      • Mackay, A.W., Ryves, D.B., Morley, D.W., Jewson, D. & Rioual, P. (2006). Assessing the vulnerability of endemic diatom species in Lake Baikal to predicted future climate change: a multivariate approach. Global Change Biology. 12: 2297-2325
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      • Rioual, P. & Mackay, A.W. (2005). A diatom record of centennial resolution of the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia). Global and Planetary Change. 46: 199-219.
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      • Mackay, A.W., Ryves D.B., Battarbee, R.W., Flower, R.J., Jewson, D., Rioual, P. & Sturm, M. (2005). 1000 years of climate variability in central Asia: assessing the evidence using Lake Baikal (Russia) diatom assemblages and the application of a diatom-inferred model of snow cover on the lake. Global and Planetary Change. 46: 199-219.
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      • Morley, D.W., Leng, M.J., Mackay, A.W., Sloane, H.J., Rioual, P. & Battarbee, R.W. (2004). Cleaning of lake sediment samples for diatom oxygen isotope analysis. Journal of Paleolimnology. 31: 391-401.
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      • Denys, L., Myulaert, K., Krammer, K., Joosten, T., Reid M. & Rioual P. (2003). Aulacoseira subborealis stat. nov. (Bacillariophyceae): a common but neglected plankton diatom. Nova Hedwigia. 77: 407-427.
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      • Rioual, P. (2002). Limnological characteristics of 25 lakes of the French Massif Central. Annales de Limnologie. 38: 311-327.
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      • Pont, D., Day, J.W., Hensel, P., Franquet, E., Torre, F., Rioual, P., Ibañez, C. & Coulet, E. (2002). Response scenarios for the deltaic plain of the Rhône in the face of an acceleration in the rate of sea-level rise with special attention to Salicornia-type environments. Estuaries. 25: 337-358. 
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      • Rioual, P., Andrieu-Ponel, V., Rietti-Shati, M., Battarbee, R.W., Beaulieu, J.-L. de, Cheddadi, R., Reille, M., Svobodova, H. & Shemesh, A. (2001). High-resolution record of climate stability in France during the last interglacial period. Nature. 413: 293-296.
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      • Shemesh, A., Rietti-Shatti, M., Rioual, P., Battarbee, R., Beaulieu, J.-L. de, Reille, M., Andrieu, V. & Svobodova, H. (2001). An oxygen isotope record of lacustrine opal from an European Maar indicates climatic stability during the Last Interglacial. Geophysical Research Letters. 28: 2305-2308.
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      • Rioual, P., Cazaubon, A., Beaulieu J.-L. de & Reille, M., (1998). Palaeoecological study of the lacustrine sediment of Ribains maar (Haute-Loire, Massif Central, France) during the last interglacial and the last glacial periods. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 142: 317-341.
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      • Rioual, P., (1995). Les diatomées des dépôts lacustres du maar de Ribains (Haute-Loire), durant le dernier interglaciaire et les périodes qui l’encadrent. Compte-rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris, séries II. 321: 705-712.