Curriculum Vitae
Positions
- University of Exeter, United-Kingdom
- 2010 - 2012
- Associate Research Fellow, working with Jenny Patience
Education
Awards and Distinctions
| 2016 | CNRS prize for scientific excellence (14 k€) |
| 2015 | Research grant from the City of Marseille (2.5 k€) |
| 2012 | Invited researcher position at CRAL (Lyon, France) for one month |
| 2006 | Graduated with honours from Université Jean Monnet (St Etienne, France) |
Grants
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2016 |
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 |
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 |
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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2010-present |
Co-I - French "national programs" (ASHRA, PNP) - several k€/year |
Projects appointments
| 2017-present | Associate member in the WFIRST/CGI Science Working Group |
| 2017-present | PI of ERC project HiRISE |
| 2016-present | Member of the E-ELT/HARMONI science team |
| 2015 | Co-instrument scientist of SPHERE at ESO |
| 2015 | Member of the SPHERE instrument operation team |
| 2014-present | Co-I of the SHINE large observing program with SPHERE |
| 2013-present | Main coordinator of the SHINE workpackage on exoplanet characterization |
| 2012-present | Co-instrument scientist of the SPHERE/IRDIS instrument |
| 2009-2014 | Co-I of the NaCo-LP large observing program |
| 2006-2009 | Responsible of the laboratory and on-sky testing of the ZEUS sensor in the Active Phasing Experiment |
Scientific and Administrative Responsabilities
- Conference and seminars organisation
| 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 |
- Councils and expertise groups
| Confidential | Expert for the European commission (H2020 programs) |
| Confidential | Reviewer for the Chilean National fund for scientific & technological development (CONICYT/FONDECYT) |
| Confidential | Reviewer for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
| 2017-2018 | Member of the ESO Observing Programmes Committee (OPC) |
| 2016 | PhD committee for Justine Lannier and Faustine Cantalloube |
| 2015 | ESO SPHERE proposals reviewer and technical feasability |
| 2010-present | Referee for astrophysics and optics papers |
- Local involvement
| 2018-present | Member of the laboratory council at LAM (CL) |
| 2018-present | Member of the instrumentation stearing committee at LAM (CPI) |
| 2017-present | Member of the CERCle, the ERC coaching group at Aix-Marseille University |
| 2013-2014 | Co-representative of the exoplanet group at the LAM scientific council |
| 2007-2009 | Student representative at the LAM and OAMP scientific councils |
Teaching and Supervision
- PhD Students
| 2018-present | Supervision of Mathis Houllé. Combining high-contrast imaging and high-spectral resolution techniques |
| 2016-present | Co-supervision of Anne-Laure Cheffot. Cophasing techniques for the E-ELT |
| 2012-2015 | Co-supervision of Alice Zurlo. Graduated June 2015. Characterization of exoplanetary systems with the direct imaging technique: towards the first results of SPHERE at the VLT |
- Postdocs
| 2018-present | Gilles Otten. Performance simulation for the SPHERE/CRIRES+ coupling and support in the development of the prototype for SPHERE |
| 2015-2017 | Roxanne Ligi. Combining Kepler and SPHERE for the detection and characterization of exoplanetary systems |
| 2014-2015 | Graeme Salter. Exploitation of the first on-sky data of VLT/SPHERE |
- Apprentices
| 2016-present | Raphaël Pourcelot. Optical engineer apprentice from Institut d'Optique Graduate School. Upgrade of the MITHIC high-contrast imaging testbed. Implementation of fiber injection on MITHIC |
- MSc and BA Interns
| Multiple students supervised or co-supervised (~1 each year since 2012): M. Batista (MSc), M. Read (BA), L. Ben Assayag (MSc), R. Lucchesi (MSc), S. Tourenq (BA), E. Robert (MSc), J. Hulin (MSc), B. Rouzé (MSc) |
- Lectures and Practical Classes
| 2010-2015 | Lecture on coronagraphy at Aix-Marseille University (MSc level) |
| 2010-2014 | Examiner for the BSc in optics at Aix-Marseille University (MSc level) |
| 2011-2012 | Astronomical data reduction at the University of Exeter (BA level) |
- Other
| 2015 | Adaptive optics, coronagraphy and high-contrast imaging course at ESO |
| 2015 | Training on SPHERE of ESO fellows, night astronomers and Telescope and Instrument Operators |
| 2012-present | Multiple contributions to projects from high-school and university students |
Observing Experience
PI or Co-I on more than 80 observing programmes at ESO, Gemini, CFHT or on HST since 2009, totaling more than 3500 hours of telescope time in open time or GTO programmes.
| 2015 | VLT/UT3: 110+ nights as ESO staff astronomer on SPHERE, VIMOS and VISIR |
| 2014 | VLT/SPHERE: 30 nights for the commissioning of the instrument |
| 2010 | VLT/NaCo: 2 nights of observations |
| 2008 | VLT: 10 nights on the visitor instrument APE |
| 2005 | MOPRA radiotelescope (Australia): 7 nights |
Invited seminars and talks
| 01-2019 | seminar, seminar at CEA Saclay, Department of Astrophysics (DAp) [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, Measuring the Atmospheric Spectrum of Extrasolar Planets with SPHERE/IRDIS; Exeter (United-Kingdom) |
Press releases
| 2017 | HIP 65426 b, the first exoplanet discovered by SPHERE: CNRS, LAM |
| 2014 | First light of VLT/SPHERE: CNRS |
Outreach
| 2018 | Invited to the science show La Tête au Carré on national radio France Inter |
| 2018 | Participation to the Looking for new Earth documentary produced by BBC and France 5 |
| 2017-2018 | Presenting the work of an astronomer to classes (from elementary school to high-school) |
| 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 |
