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CURRICULUM VITAE

Dates

 Organisation and position held Type of appointment

From

To

    
01/2021 present Rice University, Houston USA Full-time, fixed term

01/2018

12/2019

 Free University of Brussels, Belgium, post-doc Full-time, fixed term

11/2012

12/2017

 Royal Observatory of Belgium, post-doc Full-time, fixed term

09/2010

10/2012

 ETH Zürich, Switzerland, post-doc Full-time, fixed term

01/2010

08/2010

 IPGP, France, post-doc Full-time, fixed term

10/2008

08/2009

 IPGP, France, teaching assistant 50%, fixed-term

Dates

 University/College attended Department Subject

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To

      

2005

2009

 IPGP, France (Ph.D) Planetary Sciences Long term habitability of terrestrial planets

2002

2005

 ENS Paris, France, Magistère I to III (Bachelor, Master) Earth Sciences Geology, geophysics and planetology

Highest Degree:  Ph.D. received at IPGP, Paris, France, on the 14th of January 2010

 

  • EGU PS Division Early Career Scientist award 2017.

  • Member of the Belgian FNRS EOS program (Excellence of Science) 2017-2019

  • Prix du Collège de l’Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in 2016
     (Prize of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts)

  • Planet TOPERS member 2012-2017 (Belgium science policy project, Evolution of terrestrial planets)

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  • ETH fellow 2010-2012 (ETH Zürich fellowship holder; grant over 300k€).

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  • Qualification to French Lecturer positions (valid 4 years) in 2012 and 2018

  • Travel Grant FNRS 2017-2019 (3k€)
  • Travel Grant Fujihara Foundation 2019 (2k€)
  • PNP Grant 2006-2008 (French National planetology program) on the Habitability of planets (5k€)
  • HPC-Europa Grant 2009 (Modeling the 3D evolution of the Tharsis volcanic region) (2k€)
  • BRAIN Grant (Belgian Research Action through interdisciplinary Networks) "From cratering to mass extinction" (with P. Claeys, O. Karatekin and P. Godefroit; total 586 905€; parts I wrote where responsible for over 50k€).
  • EOS Grant (Belgian FNRS "Excellence of Science" project, directed by V. Debaille; total 3 968 620€; parts I wrote were responsible for over 300k€).
  • Grant by the International Lithosphere Program for establishing a task force on "Bio-geodynamics of the lithosphere" (2021-2025), directed by Taras Gerya and Robert Stern
  • Grant by Swiss National Science Foundation on "Influence of plate tectonics on life evolution and biodiversity: bio-geodynamical numericalmodeling approach" directed by Taras Gerya (total: 1 134 208 CHF, parts I wrote were responsible for over 200k CHF).

  • 2008-2010 at IPGP Paris, France, 62 hours. General Planetology, Hydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, Introduction to Geosciences, Applied Mathematics and Numerical Methods.
     
  • 2010-2012 at ETHZ, Zürich, Switzerland, 128 hours. Gravimetry Field Work, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Physics and Chemistry.

  • EANA deputy representative for Belgium 2017-2019

  • Lead Convenor and chair at EGU 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, in Planetary Sciences and Geodynamics divisions ("Habitability" and "Interactions between solid planets and their atmosphere")

  • Lead Convenor at AGU 2016-2019; "Planetary atmospheres and evolution" (Planetary Sciences) and Earth and Planetary volatiles" (Mineral and Rock physics).

  • Judge for the EGU Outstanding Early Career Scientists poster award

  • Judge for the AGU OSPA 2014-2019

  • Member of EGU Planetary Sciences ECS team 2014-2017

  • Organization of EGU PS ECS activities and social medias 2014-2017

  • Organization of EGU PS ECS short courses 2014-2017

  • Organization of Royal Observatory of Belgium Open Doors (2013-2017)

  • Organization of Royal Observatory of Belgium future scientists courses, activities and discussions (2015-2017)

  • Member of the science board of Mars Society Switzerland (2010-2016)

  • Member of the Mars Society US (2010-2017)

  • Lead Convenor (and organisation) for ISSI meeting 2020 on Venus Evolution

  • Lead Convenor (and organisation) for EnVision meeting 2020 (Paris).

  • Member of the Alumni of the Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique since 2015

  • Member of the ENVISION scientific coordination team

  • Member of the EAI (European Astrobiology Institute) since 2019

  • Member of Europlanet since 2019

  • Member (elected) of the ICPAE (International Commission of Planetary Atmospheres and their Evolution) since 2019.

Within international conferences and responsabilities (8 times):

 

2021       

•     NAS Planetary Science and Astronomy Decadal Survey. Venus Panel (Venus formation and Evolution)

 

2020       

•     EnVision meeting 2020  (Modelling the evolution of Venus: Insights and questions)

 

2019         

•     International Venus Conference 2019 Japan (The early and long term evolution of Venus and its atmosphere)

 

2017        

•     EGU 2017  Austria, Early Career Scientists PS Division Award Talk (Late Veneer collisions and their impact on the evolution of Venus)

 

2016       

•     AGU 2016 San Francisco USA, (Atmoshere/mantle coupling on Venus and long term planetary evolution)

 

2011

•     EMC 2011 meeting, Switzerland (The long term effects of volcanism and atmospheric escape on the evolution of mars surface conditions)

 

2010

•    EPSC 2010, Italy (Water on Venus: implications of the Early Hydrodynamic Escape)
 •     International Venus Conference 2010, France (The early evolution of Venus controlled by hydrodynamic escape)

In local congresses and seminars (19 times):

 

2021       

•     ISSI workshop 2021 (The formation of Venus)
 •     Rice University seminars (The evolution of Venus)

•     ISSI workshop 2021 (Interior/atmosphere interactions in planetary sciences)

 

2019         

•     ACCRETE workshop Keynote Berlin (Thermochemical consequences of an impact flux)
 •     Oxford Physics Dep. (Modelling Venus)

 

2018        

•     ACCRETE  Berlin Congress (Modelling long term consequences of large impacts)

 

2017       

•     Louvain-la Neuve seminars, Belgium (Habitability in the solar system)
 •     Seminars of the Berlin Natural History Museum, Germany (The evolution of Venus)
 •     Free University of Brussels, Belgium (The evolution of Venus: Why so different from Earth?)

 

2016

•     CAAPC conference Charleroi, Belgium (Habitability of Earth an Venus)

•     ACCRETE congress Nice, France (Early evolution of Venus and the role of large impacts)
 •     Seminars of  Baireuth University, Germany (Modelling the evolution of Venus)
 •     Seminars of  Nantes University, France (How did Venus diverge from Earth?)

•     "Youth and Science" conference, Huy, Belgium (Venus)

 

2010-2015

•     ETHZ Zurich seminars, Switzerland (2 times) (The habitability of terrestrial planets: Why are Earth and Venus so different?)

•     IPGP seminars, Paris France (Isotopic evolution of the atmosphere of Mars)
 •     Seminars of  Lafayette University, USA (Habitability in the solar system)
 •     Launch congress of PlanetTOPERS Belgium (Mantle convection and atmosphere interaction in terrestrial planets)

 

Refereeing:


 •     Physics of the Earth and Planetary interiors, 2018

•     Space Science Reviews 2018-2020

•     Icarus 2014, 2017-2020

•     EPSL 2012-2018

•     JGR Planets 2019

 

 

 

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