Fabrizio D’OrtenzioCoordinator of the Omer Research Network

Fabrizio D'Ortenzio is an oceanographer working at the Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (CNRS/Sorbonne University) and has coordinated the Omer Research Network since 2020. He is a trained physicist whose work focuses on the interactions between ocean dynamics and marine biogeochemistry, particularly the role played by phytoplankton in the global carbon cycle. Fabrizio D'Ortenzio has worked on over 30 oceanographic campaigns and is thus greatly involved in observational studies of the marine environment - from the open ocean to coastal areas. In the last ten years, he has worked on the construction and development of major ocean research infrastructures like Argo (a flotilla of robotic instrumentation that takes samples of oceans worldwide). He co-directs the ALLENVI alliance's working group on 'Oceans'. He is also the CNRS's National Institute for Earth Sciences and Astronomy's (INSU) Scientific Officer for the ocean-atmosphere field and is in charge of the national and international structuring of oceanography research communities.