Thierry Huck (LOPS, Ocean and Climate group) is a research scientist at CNRS since 1999.

After an engineering diploma in marine environment and naval architecture (ENSTA-Paris-Tech, Paris) in 1991, he obtained a PhD in Physical Oceanography from the University of Brest, France, in 1997, entitled "Modeling the oceanic thermohaline circulation: analysis of its interdecadal variability". His research is focused on the role of ocean dynamics in climate variability, mostly with a theoretical approach, in conjuntion with modelling and observations. He participated in several oceanographic cruises, mostly within the Ovide project, repeating hydrographic transects between Greenland and Portugal every other year since 2002, and organized the 2004 cruise. He supervised 4 PhD students, 2 of them holding now tenure positions at the University of Brest and Southampton. He leaded several projects funded within the french CNRS-INSU-LEFE programs, and participated in several others funded through GMMC (operational oceanography) and CNES-OST-ST (scientific support to satellite data) french programs. He (co)authored about 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

3 selected publications : 
Huck, T., O. Arzel, F. Sevellec, 2015: Multidecadal variability of the overturning circulation in presence of eddy turbulence. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, (1) 157-173, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0114.1 .
Hochet, A., T. Huck, A. Colin de Verdiere, 2015: Large scale baroclinic instability of the mean oceanic circulation: a local approach. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, (11) 2738-2754, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0084.1 .
Jamet, Q., T. Huck, A. Colin de Verdiere, O. Arzel, J.-M. Campin, 2016: Oceanic control of multidecadal variability in an idealized coupled GCM. Climate Dynamics, 46, (9) 3079-3095, doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2754-3 .

updated nov2016