Curriculum Vitae
Positions
- University of Exeter, United-Kingdom
- 2010 – 2012
- Associate Research Fellow, working with Jenny Patience
Education
Awards and Distinctions
2021 |
CNRS Bronze Medal (national award): CNRS annoucement, local announcement, officiel video, official ceremony |
2016 |
CNRS prize for scientific excellence |
2015 |
Research grant from the City of Marseille |
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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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 |
Projects appointments
2023 – today |
Lead of the "CPP France" team (french contribution to the RST/CGI instrument) |
2019 – today |
Co-I of the SPHERE+ upgrade project |
2017 – today |
PI of the HiRISE visitor instrument for the VLT |
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 of the laboratory and on-sky testing of the ZEUS sensor in the Active Phasing Experiment |
Scientific and Administrative Responsabilities
- Councils, committees and expertise groups
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 CNAP national recruitment committee. Rank B assessor of the committee |
2017 – 2018 |
Member of the ESO Observing Programmes Committee (OPC) for 3 semesters |
2015 |
ESO SPHERE proposals reviewer and technical feasibility |
Regular |
Member of PhD committees (J. Lannier, F. Cantalloube, P. Janin-Potiron, R. Pourcelot, K. Barjot) |
Regular |
Referee for astrophysics and optics journals |
Regular |
Expert for the European Commission (H2020 programs) |
Regular |
Reviewer for the Chilean national fund for scientific & technological development (CONICYT/FONDECYT) |
Regular |
Reviewer for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
Regular |
Reviewer for the Mexican Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CANACYT) |
Regular |
Reviewer for the Domaine d’Intérêt Majeur ACAV (DIM ACAV) |
- Local involvement
2023 |
Member of the search committee for a new LAM director |
2021 – today |
Member of the sustainable development group (DevDur) at LAM |
2018 – today |
Member of the laboratory council at LAM (CL) |
2018 – today |
Member of the instrumentation stearing committee at LAM (CPI) |
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 |
- Conference and seminars organisation
2024 |
SOC member for the conference Two HoRSEs (~200 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 |
Teaching and Supervision
- PhD students
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 – today |
Chen Xie. Co-supervision (50%) with E. Choquet (LAM) |
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Provisional title: SPHERE archival data analysis for ground-based reference differential imaging |
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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Title: 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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Title: 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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Title: Characterization of exoplanetary systems with the direct imaging technique: towards the first results of SPHERE at the VLT |
- Postdocs
2021 – 2023 |
Jean Costes. Postdoc ERC |
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Preparation of HiRISE commissioning and observations |
2018 – 2021 |
Gilles Otten. Postdoc ERC |
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Performance simulation for the SPHERE/CRIRES+ coupling and support in the development of the prototype for SPHERE |
2015 – 2017 |
Roxanne Ligi. Postdoc CNES |
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Combining Kepler and SPHERE for the detection and characterization of exoplanetary systems |
2014 – 2015 |
Graeme Salter. Postdoc ANR |
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Exploitation of the first on-sky data of VLT/SPHERE |
- Engineers
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 |
- MSc and BA interns
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). |
- Lectures and practical classes
2021 – 2022 |
Lecture on exoplanet imaging at Aix-Marseille University (MSc level, 4 hours) |
2010 – 2015 |
Lecture on coronagraphy at Aix-Marseille University (MSc level, 12 hours) |
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 – today |
Multiple contributions to projects from high-school and university students |
Observing Experience
PI or Co-I on more than 90 observing programmes at ESO, Gemini, CFHT or on HST since 2009, totaling more than 4000 hours of telescope time in open time or GTO programmes.
2020 – 2021 |
VLTI/GRAVITY: participation to observations for the ExoGRAVITY large programme |
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: 7 nights |
Invited seminars and talks
02-2023 |
seminar; STScI (US) [slides] |
04-2022 |
seminar; ULiège (Belgium) [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) |
Press releases
List of press releases for astrophysical or instrumental results where I have made a significant contribution
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 |
Outreach
2023 |
Chapter for an outreach book on the research done at 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) |