I have held a maître de conférences (Associate Professor) position at Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines (UVSQ) and at Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) since September 2008.
My research domain deals with atmospheric science in telluric atmospheres. Among solar system objects, I have mostly worked on the Venus' atmosphere in order to constrain its chemistry, dynamics and volcanic activity. To do so, I mainly used spectroscopic remote-sensing (UV, IR) from both ground-based facilities and Venus Express (2006-2014) ESA orbiter, and have been involved in related instrumental development for future missions towards Venus, most notably as the Instrument Lead Scientist for the VenSpec-U spectrometer onboard ESA's EnVision. I also have some experience in atmospheric modeling, having used the LMD-IPSL general circulation model of both early Mars and present day Venus, as well as developed a 1D radiative-convective model for hot and dense H2O-CO2 atmospheres around young magma ocean planets.
Aside from research, I teach general physics, statistical physics, thermodynamics, radiative transfer and planetary atmospheric science for undergraduate and graduate students.
- Since March 2021, I am an invited member of the Institut des Sciences de la Lumière (ISL) board.
- Since January 2020, I am an invited member of the administration board of the Paris Observatory.
- Since June 2017, I am the representative for planetary science activities at Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL).
- Since May 2016, I am entitled to supervise research [HDR] by UVSQ.
- In 2016-2020, I was elected as an employee representative on the board of UVSQ.
- In 2013-2016, I was co-leader (with Dr Colin Wilson) of the ISSI working group about Clouds and Hazes of Venus.
- In September 2008, I was recruited on my current permanent position at UVSQ.
- In 2007-2008, I worked as a post-doc at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD) and Laboratoire d'Études Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA) under the joint supervision of Sébastien Lebonnois and Pierre Drossart.
- In 2006-2007, I worked as a physics & chemistry high school teacher at Lycée Marcel Pagnol in Athis-Mons, France.
- In 2006, I completed the PhD degree from Université Paris Diderot (UPD) in astrophysics, under the supervision of Thérèse Encrenaz.
- In 2003, I passed the French civil service competitive examination known as Agrégation in physics (ranked 10th).
- In 2002, I obtained a MSc degree from UPD and Observatoire de Paris in Astrophysics.
- In 1999-2003, I was a student fellow of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris (admitted in Physics & Chemistry, ranked 11th). In 2001, I was hired as a three-month intern at NASA Ames Research Center under the supervision of Robert M. Haberle and François Forget.
