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  • Scientific conferences:
    • Organiser:
      • IGARSS-2010 invited session FR1-2.L10: « SMOS: The Beginning of a L-band Generation of Global Remote Sensed Soil Moisture Observations». Hawaii, USA, 2010.
    • Deputy organizer :
      • Scientific Subcomission A-3 ”Remote sensing Observations of Land Processes, Resources and Natural Hazards”, COSPAR Assembly, July 2012, Mysore, India.
    • Chairman / convener:
      • TU3.O6 « Data Assimilation session into Numerical Models ».  IGARSS 2009, Cape Town.
      • HS6.2: « Remote Sensing of soil moisture », EGU Assembly, 2011, Vienna.
      •  A3.1: “Earth Observation of the Water Cycle. Water Resources, Soil Moisture and Precipitation”. COSPAR Assembly, 14-22 July 2012, Mysore, India.
      • “Water Cycle: Assimilation and applications”. Understanding the carbon and water cycles using SMOS data and models Workshop, 13-14 Nov, CESBIO, Toulouse, France.
      • “H-SAF and HEPEX workshops on coupled hydrology”. 3-7 Nov 2014, ECMWF, UK.
      • Session-3 "Assimilation Methods". 2nd International Surface Working Group (ISWG) & 8th Land Surface Analysis Satellite Application Facility (LSA-SAF)s Workshop, 26-28 June 2018, Lisboa, Portugal.
      • Session 18F: "Quantifying Impact of Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate: Precipitation and Storms ", 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, 28 Sept – 04 Oct 2019, Boston, US
    • Discussion Panel:
      • Session 19E: "Quantifying Impact of Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate", 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, 28 Sept – 04 Oct 2019, Boston, US

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  • Memberships:
    • SMOS Quality Working Group (2010-2016).
    • SMOS-NEXT Scientific Advisory Group (Sept.2012 - Feb. 2013).
    • Steering Committee Member of HYDRAS+ project, Gent, Belgium (from 2014)
    • Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). (2008-2015)
    • Chair and member of the cross Climate Data Record (CDR) of Essential Climate Variables (ECV) Group (since 2016)
    • European Geosciences Union (since Dec. 2018-Dec 2019).
    • Member of the Mission Advisory Group (MAG) of the TRUTHS mission of the ESA Earth Watch Programme


  • Participation in International Boards:
    • EU Polar ....
    • ESA CCI+ (phase I) Tender Evaluation Board for new ECVs: Snow, Permafrost, Land Surface Temperature, High-Resolution Land Cover, Above-Ground Biomass, Lakes
    • Fond National de la Recherche Luxembourg: Review final report of the project "HYDRAS+ (BELSPO STEREO III)", Oct 2019.


  • Interviews:
    • BBC Berkshire Radio, May 2011. “Exceptional drought in UK”,
    • ABC journal, Feb 2017 "What is Copernicus?"

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