DAAD climapAfrica Postdoctoral Fellow
Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique/ Cheikh Anta Diop University
Senegal
Dr. Lala Kounta is a physical oceanographer, post doctoral researcher at the “laboratory de physique de l’Atmosphère et de l’ocean Simeon fongang (Dakar)” and assistant lecturer at Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar, senegal). She has a Physics background, After a Bachelor and Master in Physics. She obtained a Master research in engineering sciences, specialty Meteorology,Oceanography and Arid Land Management. Before enrolled her PhD. Her PhD research accessed on the dynamical functioning of the west African upwelling system with a focus on the circulation in the eastern tropical north Atlantic off West Africa. Her climapAfrica Research Project is focus on marine Heat Waves in the Canary Current Large marine Ecosystems: impactin marine ecosysteme under global warming. This project aim to contribute to a better understanding of the influence of global warming in ocean circulation and marine ecosystems.
Climate change expertise and interests
Modelling ocean circulation in Canary Current large marine ecosystems climate-related information in fisheries management climate change impact in ocean
Publications (most recent)
Ndoye S, Kounta, L, A. Sylla,X. Capet, J. Mignot„ V. Echevin, M. Diakhaté,E. Machu. SCUS-2050: Exploring the future of the Southern Canary Upwelling AFRICAN CLIMATE RISKS CONFERENCE 2019, 7-9th October 2019, Addis Abiba, ETHIOPIA. https://www.africanclimaterisksconference2019.org/wp-content/ uploads/2019/10/CONFERENCE-PROCEEDINGS.pdf
Kounta, L., Capet, X., Jouanno, J., Kolodziejczyk, N., Sow, B., Gaye, A. T. (2018), A model perspective on the dynamics of the shadow zone of the eastern tropical north atlantic. Part 1: the poleward slope currents along west Africa, Ocean Sci. Discuss,doi:10.5194/. https://www.ocean-sci.net/14/971/2018/os-14-971-2018.pdf
Ndoye, S., Capet, X., Estrade, P., Machu, E., Kounta, L., Sow, B., Diakhaté, M., and Gaye, A.T. (2018). A numerical modeling study of the Southern Senegal upwelling shelf: Circulation and upwelling source waters. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 12(12), 487- 500 https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJEST/article-abstract/197B0F95940
I participate at climapAfrica because...
offers many opportunities for young researchers like me. It allow me to consolidate and develop a new network with post-doctoral researchers and alumni expert in national and international, benefit from theirs experiences and improve my professional development.
As women, we represent less than 30% of the world’s researchers, this program is also an opportunity for me to play a signification role in society's quest for solutions to climate change.