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2025 – 2028 |
PI - CNES - 620 k€ |
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Support for the French contribution to the coronagraph community participation program (CPP) of Roman/CGI. |
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2023 – 2027 |
PI - ANR - 730 k€ |
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Project MIRAGES on the multi-resolution analysis of giant exoplanets, in collaboration with OCA, IPAG, and LESIA. |
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2020 – 2022 |
PI - CNRS/INSU/CSAA - 75 k€ |
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Funding hardware for HiRISE at the VLT |
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2017 – 2023 |
PI - ERC - 1.5 M€ |
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Project HiRISE to couple high-contrast imaging with high-resolution spectroscopy at the Very Large Telescope |
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2014 – 2016 |
Co-I - CNES - 56 k€ |
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Validation and chracterization of CoRoT and Kepler/K2 exoplanet candidates with VLT/SPHERE. 2 years postdoc funding for Roxanne Ligi. |
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2014 – 2016 |
PI - Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azure - 60 k€ |
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Analyse de Surface d'Onde à haute performance pour la Recherche et la caractérisation de planètes EXtra-solaires (ASOREX) |
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2013 | PI - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille - 10 k€ |
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Design and manufacturing of a stop-less Lyot coronagraph. |
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Regular |
Co-I - French "national programs" (ASHRA, PNP) - several k€/year |
| 2024 – today |
INSU representative in the ELT/PCS working group coordinated by ESO |
| 2023 – today |
CNES representative in the coronagraph community participation program (CPP) of Roman/CGI
Lead and coordinator of the "CPP France" team (25 members) |
| 2019 – today |
Co-I of the SPHERE+ upgrade project |
| 2017 – today |
PI of the HiRISE visitor instrument at the VLT and of the associated large observing programme |
| 2016 – today |
Member of the E-ELT/HARMONI science team
Coordinator of the WG5 "Exoplanets and disks" |
| 2016 – today |
Member of the PLATO consortium
Coordinator of WP144 100 "Imaging Analysis Tools" |
| 2017 – 2021 |
Associate member in the RST/CGI Science Investigation Team (SIT) |
| 2015 |
Co-instrument scientist of SPHERE at ESO |
| 2015 |
Member of the SPHERE instrument operation team |
| 2014 – 2022 |
Co-I of the SHINE large observing program with SPHERE |
| 2013 – 2022 |
Main coordinator of the SHINE workpackage on exoplanet characterization |
| 2012 – 2015 |
Co-instrument scientist of the SPHERE/IRDIS instrument |
| 2009 – 2014 |
Co-I of the NaCo-LP large observing program |
| 2006 – 2009 |
Responsible for the laboratory and on-sky testing of the ZEUS sensor in the Active Phasing Experiment |
| 2025 – today |
Member of the national committee Action Thématique Exosystèmes |
| 2024 – today |
Coordinator of the national working group HALO (Habitability And Life on Other worlds; formerly HWO-LIFE) |
| 2024 |
Member of the ESO Observing Programmes Committee (OPC) for 3 semesters (P114, P115, P116; co-chair in P115) |
| 2023 |
Member of the INSU scientific prospective committee
Group III.4. Organisation Nationale, articulation Europe et International, lead: Vanessa Hill |
| 2021 |
Member of a working group to define management guidelines at CNRS (Référentiel des Compétences Managériales) |
| 2021 |
External reviewer for HST Cycle 29 proposals |
| 2019 – 2023 |
Member of the CNAP national recruitment committee. Rank B assessor of the committee |
| 2017 – 2018 |
Member of the ESO Observing Programmes Committee (OPC) for 3 semesters (P100, P101, P102) |
| 2015 |
Proposals reviewer and technical feasibility at ESO |
| Regular |
Member of PhD committees (J. Lannier, F. Cantalloube, P. Janin-Potiron, R. Pourcelot, K. Barjot) |
| Regular |
Referee for astrophysics and optics journals |
| Regular |
Review for funding agencies and programs:
• Chilean national fund for scientific & technological development (CONICYT/FONDECYT)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• Mexican Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CANACYT)
• Domaine d’Intérêt Majeur ACAV (DIM ACAV)
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• European Commission (H2020 programs) |
| 2024 – today |
Assistant Prévention at LAM |
| 2024 – today |
Member of the LAM scientific council (CS) at LAM |
| 2023 |
Member of the search committee for a new LAM director |
| 2021 – 2025 |
Member of the sustainable development group (DevDur) at LAM |
| 2018 – 2023 |
Member of the laboratory council (CL) at LAM |
| 2018 – 2023 |
Member of the instrumentation steering committee (CPI) at LAM |
| 2017 – today |
Member of the ERC coaching group at Aix-Marseille University (CERCle) |
| 2013 – 2014 |
Co-representative of the exoplanet group at the LAM scientific council |
| 2007 – 2009 |
Student representative at the LAM and OAMP scientific councils |
| 2026 |
Organizer of the European Roman/CGI school (20 expected students) |
| 2025 |
Co-organizer of the conference 51 Peg b 30th Birthday: Cool Giant Planets & Their Systems (100 expected participants) |
| 2024 |
Organizer of the workshop Habitability & Life on Other worlds (50 participants) |
| 2024 |
SOC member for the conference Two HoRSEs (~200 participants) |
| 2024 |
Organizer of the workshop Roman CPP France + Europe (15 participants) |
| 2022 |
SOC member for the session Origine de l'eau et de la vie at the SF2A annual meeting |
| 2022 |
SOC member for the workshop ExoELT (~50 participants) |
| 2019 |
SOC member for the workshop AO4ASTRO (~60 participants) |
| 2015 |
SOC member for the conference OHP 2015: Twenty years of giant exoplanets (~100 participants) |
| 2015 |
SOC member for the Journées Scientifique de l'ONERA (~50 participants) |
| 2013 |
LOC member for the workshop Exoplanet validation (~50 participants) |
| 2012 – 2013 |
Co-organisation of the seminars at LAM |
| 2011 – 2012 |
Co-organisation of the astrophysics seminars at the university of Exeter |
| 2023 – today |
Allan Denis. Co-supervision (70%) with G. Chauvin (MPIA) |
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Provisional title: Exoplanet characterization at high spectral resolution with VLT/HIRISE |
| 2022 – today |
Lisa Altinier. Co-supervision (50%) with E. Choquet (LAM) |
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Provisional title: Development of image processing methods for the detection of exoplanets in reflected light with the NASA Roman Space Telescope |
| 2020 – 2023 |
Chen Xie. Co-supervision (50%) with E. Choquet (LAM) |
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Traitement d'images avancé pour la détection directe
d'exoplanètes avec les imageurs haut-contraste au sol |
| 2019 – 2023 |
Mona El Morsy. Full supervision (100%) |
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Development of a prototype instrument for the characterisation
of young giant exoplanets |
| 2018 – 2022 |
Mathis Houllé. Co-supervision (70%) with P. Figueira (ESO) & Elyar Sedaghati (ESO) |
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Combining high-contrast imaging and high-resolution spectroscopy for exoplanet observations |
| 2016 – 2019 |
Anne-Laure Cheffot. Co-supervision (30%) with S. Lévêque (ESO) and E. Hugot (LAM) |
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Co-phasing measurement for segmented mirrors |
| 2012 – 2015 |
Alice Zurlo. Co-supervision (30%) with C. Moutou (LAM) and R. Gratton (INAF/OAPD) |
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Characterization of exoplanetary systems with the direct imaging technique: towards the first results of SPHERE at the VLT |
| 2019 – 2023 |
Maxime Lopez. Optical engineer |
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Final design and AIT for the HiRISE instrument |
| 2021 |
Alexandre Viret. Mechanical engineer |
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Final mechanical design of the HiRISE instrument |
| 2018 – 2020 |
Yannick Charles. Mechanical engineer |
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Mechanical design of the fiber injection module of HiRISE |
| 2016 – 2019 |
Raphaël Pourcelot. Optical engineer apprentice from Institut d'Optique Graduate School |
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Upgrade of the MITHIC high-contrast imaging testbed. Implementation of fiber injection on MITHIC |
| Multiple students supervised or co-supervised: |
| M. Batista (MSc, 2012), M. Read (BA, 2012), L. Ben Assayag (MSc, 2013), R. Lucchesi (MSc, 2016), S. Tourenq (BA, 2017), E. Robert (MSc, 2018), J. Hulin (MSc, 2018), B. Rouzé (MSc, 2018), P. Cristofari (MSc, 2019), X. Devos (MSc, 2020), J. Rosain (MSc, 2022), R. Cadet (MSc, 2024). |
PI or Co-I on more than 90 observing programmes at ESO, Gemini, CFHT or on HST since 2009, totaling more than 5000 hours of telescope time in open time or GTO programmes, inluding more than 500 hours as PI.
More than 110 nights of operational experience at the VLT as ESO staff astronomer. More than 40 nights of commissioning on APE, SPHERE and HiRISE.
| 07-2024 |
talk; conference PLATO ESP2025; Marseille (France) [slides] |
| 07-2024 |
talk; workshop ExoELT 2, co-presented with Patrice Martinez; Fréjus (France) [slides] |
| 07-2024 |
talk; conference Two HoRSEs; Berlin (Germany) [slides] |
| 04-2024 |
seminar; IPAG (France) [slides] |
| 11-2023 |
seminar; Physical Research Laboratory of Ahmedabad (India, remote) [slides] |
| 10-2023 |
seminar; LAM general seminar [slides] |
| 02-2023 |
seminar; STScI (US) [slides] |
| 11-2022 |
talk; workshop ExoELT, co-presented with Xavier Bonfils; Fréjus (France) [slides] |
| 04-2022 |
seminar; ULiège (Belgium, remote) [slides] |
| 05-2021 |
seminar; NASA ExEP Technology Colloquium Series (US, remote) [slides, recording] |
| 05-2021 |
seminar; Uppsala University (Sweden, remote) [slides] |
| 11-2020 |
seminar; ETH Zürich (Switzerland, remote) [slides] |
| 10-2020 |
seminar, Exoplanet Research Centre; Cambridge (UK, remote) [slides] |
| 03-2019 |
talk, workshop AO4ASTRO; Marseille (France) [slides] |
| 01-2019 |
seminar; University of Göttingen (Germany) [slides] |
| 01-2019 |
seminar, CEA Department of Astrophysics (DAp); Saclay (France) [slides] |
| 06-2018 |
talk, workshop high-dispersion spectroscopy; Caltech (USA) [slides] |
| 01-2018 |
seminar, R&D seminar at Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille; Marseille (France) [slides] |
| 12-2017 |
seminar, University of Exeter; Exeter (UK) [slides] |
| 11-2017 |
seminar, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena (USA) [slides] |
| 09-2015 |
seminar, Centro de Astrofisica de Valparaiso; Valparaiso (Chile) [slides] |
| 07-2015 |
seminar, Space Telescope Science Institute; Baltimore (USA) [slides] |
| 12-2013 |
seminar, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope; Weimea (USA) [slides] |
| 05-2012 |
seminar, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon; Lyon (France) [slides] |
| 11-2009 |
seminar, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon; Lyon (France) |
| 09-2009 |
talk, workshop Measuring the Atmospheric Spectrum of Extrasolar Planets; Exeter (United-Kingdom) |
List of press releases for astrophysical or instrumental results where I have made a significant contribution
| 2025 |
HiRISE : Durée du jour sur une exoplanète analogue de Jupiter: CNRS |
| 2024 |
Imager des planètes lointaines : la France coopère avec la NASA pour un démonstrateur embarqué sur le télescope Nancy Grace Roman: CNES, CNRS, OSU Pytheas |
| 2023 |
First light for HiRISE, an innovative instrument designed for the study of exoplanets: CNRS |
| 2021 |
ESO telescope images planet around most massive star pair to date: ESO |
| 2021 |
Celebrating two decades of SPHERE challenges and achievements: CNRS, LAM |
| 2017 |
HIP 65426 b, the first exoplanet discovered by SPHERE: CNRS, LAM |
| 2014 |
First light of VLT/SPHERE: CNRS |
| 2023-2025 |
Scientific committee member of Festival d'Astronomie de Provence. Organization of a public night of observation for 1000 people. |
| 2023 |
Chapter for the outreach book Étonnante physique, edited by CNRS |
| 2022-08 |
Public conference for the yearly Nuit des Étoiles national event, (Martigues, France) |
| 2022 |
Discussion with high-school classes on exoplanet science with JWST in the context of the national event Les Cordées de la Réussite (Marseille, France) |
| 2021 |
Intervention in the science show La Méthode Scientifique on national French radio France Culture (phone interview) |
| 2021 |
Intervention in the science show CQFD on national Swiss radio La 1ère (phone interview) |
| 2019-07 |
Participation to an outcreach event for the total solar eclipse in La Silla (Marseille, France) |
| 2019-03 |
Outreach conference for Association Andromède (Marseille, France) |
| 2019 |
Intervention in the science show La Méthode Scientifique on national French radio France Culture (phone interview) |
| 2018-05 |
Pint of Science (Martigues, France) |
| 2018-03 |
Presentation in front of elementary school classes (Bourgoin-Jailleu, France) |
| 2018 |
Invited to the science show La Tête au Carré on national French radio France Inter (Paris, France) |
| 2018 |
Participation to the Looking for new Earth documentary produced by BBC and France 5 |
| 2014 |
Conference on the first images of VLT/SPHERE (St Michel l'Observatoire, France) |
| 2012-12 |
Conference for an association of amateur astronomers (La Ciotat, France) |
| 2012-11 |
Conference at a national event Recontres du Ciel & de l'Espace (Paris, France) |
| 2011 |
Astronomy and optics presented to children in elementary school (Exeter, United-Kingdom) |
| 2006 |
Guide in a museum exhibition dedicated to astronomy (Marseille, France) |
| Regular |
Public conferences in France (associations, amateur astronomy meetings) |
| Regular |
Participation to outreach events for the French Fête de la Science |
| Regular |
Presenting the work of an astronomer to classes (from elementary school to high-school) |
