Damien LAFONT

          31/12/1975
             

          Pasadena, CA - USA

          Phone: +1 626 551 1647

          damien_lafont@yahoo.fr



          

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D   2005    Atmospheric Physics, Blaise Pascal University, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, France

M.S.    2000    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Blaise Pascal University, France

B.S     1998    Physics and Chemistry, Blaise Pascal University, France

B.A.    1994    Physics and Mathematics, Jeanne d'Arc College, Clermont-Ferrand, France 

 

ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS

Areas of research interest:

• satellite multispectral studies of cloud
• atmospheric and cloud physics and chemistry
• satellite rainfall estimation using combined infrared, visible and microwave techniques
• cloud classification (mesoscale) using remote sensing data

 

PUBLICATIONS

• Lafont, D. (2005). Prise en compte des hétérogénéités dans la restitutions de l'eau nuageuse et des précipitations par radiométrie micro-onde passive. Thèse de doctorat, Université Blaise Pascal.

• Lafont, D., O. Jourdan, and B. Guillemet. Mesoscale cloud patterns classification with a neural network using a new index of cloud variability, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(16), 3533-3552, 2006.

• Lafont, D., and B. Guillemet. Beam-filling effect correction with sub-pixel cloud fraction using a neural network, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43, 5, 1070-1077, 2005.

• Lafont, D., and B. Guillemet. Subpixel cloud fraction and inhomogeneity effects on microwave beam filling error, Atmospheric Research, vol.72, 149-168, 2004.

 

Reviewer for:

• IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• IEEE GRSL
• International Journal of Remote Sensing
• Journal of Geophysical Research
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - ARM
  
  

CONFERENCES and SEMINARS

• AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Dec. 2009.

• NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA, Oct. 2008.

• Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, New Haven, CT, USA, Apr. 2006.

• International Conference on Microwave Radiometry, Rome, Italy, Mar. 2004.

• European Geophysical Symposium - EGU, Nice, France, Apr. 2003.

• International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS, Toulouse, France, Jul. 2003.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• Postdoctotal scholar - Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA - CalTech (2009 - )

• Journalist - Sport & Vie magazine (2008).

• Tennis teacher (since 2003).

• Doctorate (Atmospheric Physics, 2001-2005). Blaise Pascal University, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, CNRS, Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, France.

• Teaching Assistant (2001-2002). Practical lab instructor for one-hand experiments in thermodynamics and mechanics. Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

 

TENNIS EXPERIENCE

• Certified pro (Federation Française de Tennis) - Level 1 (since 2003), Level 2 in prep.

• A.S.Montferrand Tennis. French Championship, National Division from 2000.

• 4 times Quarter Finalist of the French University Championship (team)

• Best ranking in France: 0 (2003) - french ranking system

• 70 tournaments finals (2^nd Serie)

 

VISION, COGNITION and SPORT SCIENCES

 

Areas of research interest:

• vision
• perception
• cognition
• psychology
• biomechanics

• http://www.eyesontennis.net

• B.S. Sport Sciences (2008), Blaise Pascal University, France

 

PUBLICATIONS

• Lafont, D. (2008). Gaze control during the hitting phase in tennis: a preliminary study, International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 8(1), 85-100.

• Lafont, D. (2008). Six good reasons to keep the eyes off the ball, ITF Coaching and Sport Science Review, ITF Coaching and Sport Science Review, 44.

• Lafont, D. (2007). Towards a new hitting model in tennis, International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 7(3), 106-116.

• Lafont, D. (2007). Watch the ball? ITF Coaching and Sport Science Review, 43, p.11. 

• Lafont, D. (2007). High-speed photo analysis of top player's gaze behaviour. ITF, Tennis Science and Technology, London, UK, 227-233.

 

CONFERENCES and SEMINARS

• Lafont, D. (2008). Anticipation et inhibition : de nouvelles perspectives issues du sport, séminaire, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique, Oct. 20^th.

• Lafont, D. (2008). Perspectives in cognitive control of series of actions: the importance of inhibition, seminar, Department of Psychology, Laboratory for Cognition and Action, Pennsylvania State University, USA, Oct.13^th.

• Lafont, D. (2008). From the ball to the contact zone: Evidence of a visual referential switch among elite tennis players, Tennis in the Tomorrow Society, Dijon, France, April 3-5^th.

• Lafont, D. (2008). Gaze control among top tennis players, Association Suisse des Professeurs de Tennis, Zürich, March 16^th.

• Lafont, D. (2008). Stratégies visuelles et contrôle de l'attention, Colloque Préparation Mentale et Sport, Orléans, France, March 13^th.

• Lafont, D. (2007). Contact zone fixation in tennis: a biomechanical study, seminar, LMS Poitiers (Mécanique du geste sportif), December 6^th.

• Lafont, D. (2007). High-speed photo analysis of top player's gaze behaviour. ITF, Tennis Science and Technology, London, UK, Sept. 10-12^th.

• Lafont, D. (2007). Gaze control and mental skills during the hitting phase in tennis, 12th European Congress of Sport Psychology - FEPSAC, Halkidiki, Greece, Sept. 4-9^th.