Research labs
Astrophysique Instrumentation Modélisation (AIM)
Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers, CEA
Géosciences Paris-Saclay (GEOPS)
Research themes
Surfaces and geology of planetary bodies, ices and volatiles, Mars climate, habitability, magma oceans, spaceborn remote sensing, hyperspectral imaging, photometry, artificial intelligence, analogue Earth studies, cold-room experiments.
Planetary science research staff
Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, Sylvain Bouley, Benjamin Bultel, François Costard, Laure Dupeyrat, Julien Gargani, Pierre-Yves Gillot, Anthony Hildenbrsnd, Pierre Lahitte, Hélène Massol, Xavier Quidelleur, Bertrand Saint-Bezar, Philippe Sarda, Frédéric Schmidt, Antoine Séjourné.
Location
GEOPS - Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiments 504/509, Rue du Belvédère, 91400 Orsay
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Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS)
Research themes
Composition and evolution of solid materials in our galaxy and early Solar System, early solar nebular processes.
Planetary science research staff
Alice Aléon, Donia Baklouti, Rosario Brunetto, Zélia Dionnet, Zahia Djouadi, Cateline Lantz, Obadias Mivumbi.
Location
IAS - Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 121, Université Paris-Saclay, Rue Jean-Dominique Cassini, 91440 Bures-sur-Yvette
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Research themes
Space exploration, space instrumentation, laboratory experiments and analysis, early Solar System and planetary evolution, exoplanets, remote sensing, aqueous alteration of planetary materials.
Planetary science research staff
Jean-Pierre Bibring, John Carter, Yves Langevin, Cateline Lantz, Marc Ollivier, Cédric Pilorget, François Poulet, Mathieu Vincendon.
Location
IAS - Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 121, Université Paris-Saclay, Rue Jean-Dominique Cassini, 91440 Bures-sur-Yvette
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Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE)
Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences & Lettres, Sorbonne Université, CNRS
Research themes
Orbital dynamics, planet and satellite formation, tides, co-evolution of moons and planet spin axes, asteroids, the Yarkovsky effect, planetary rings, natural satellites observations, comets and trans-Neptunian objects, meteoroids and meteors, history of astronomy.
Planetary science research staff
Jean-Eudes Arlot, Kevin Baillié, Josselin Desmars, Marc Fouchard, Daniel Hestroffer, Valéry Lainey, Stéfan Renner, Vincent Robert, Melaine Saillenfest, William Thuillot, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Alain Vienne.
Location
IMCCE - Observatoire de Paris, 77 avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris
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Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC)
Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, L'Institut de recherche pour le développement, CNRS
Research themes
Solar System formation, protoplanetary disks, meteorites, chondrules, differentiation.
Planetary science research staff
Jérôme Aléon, Jean Duprat, Matthieu Gounelle, Emmanuel Jacquet, Smaïl Mostefaoui, François Robert, Mathieu Roskosz, Maximilien Verdier-Paoletti.
Location
IMPMC - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Campus Buffon, 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris
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Research themes
Internal structure of the terrestrial planets, phase diagrams, thermoelastic properties of solids and liquids at high pressure and high temperature, volatile elements in planetary interiors, halogens and noble gasses and their chemical behaviour at depth.
Planetary science research staff
Daniele Antonangeli, Silvia Boccato, Eglantine Boulard, Hélène Bureau, Frederic Decremps, Michel Gauthier, Chrystèle Sanloup.
Location
IMPMC - Sorbonne Université, 4 place Jussieu, Tower 23 (4th floor, Corridor 22-23), 75005 Paris
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Research themes
Mars exploration, Martian meteorites, fossilization under Martian conditions, origin and history of carbonaceous chondrites, laboratory simulation of asteroidal conditions, origin and evolution of extraterrestrial organic matter, traces of life in old terrestrial rocks.
Planetary science research staff
Sylvain Bernard, Olivier Beyssac, Sylvain Pont, Laurent Remusat, Pierre Sans-Jofre, Violaine Sautter, Brigitte Zanda.
Location
IMPMC - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Campus Buffon, 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris
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Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)
Research themes
Core formation, core composition, properties of silicates and metals at high pressure, origin and formation of meteorites, cosmochemistry, atmospheric noble gasses.
Planetary science research staff
Guillaume Avice, James Badro, Razvan Caracas, Sébastien Charnoz, Marc Chaussidon, Frédéric Moynier, Julien Siebert.
Location
IPGP - Université Paris Cité, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris
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Research themes
Planetary dynamos, core formation, metal-silicate mixing, planetary dunes.
Planetary science research staff
Julien Aubert, Edouard Kaminski, Maylis Landeau, Clément Narteau.
Location
IPGP - Université Paris Cité, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris
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Research themes
Internal structure of the terrestrial planets, planetary seismology, crustal and lithospheric thickness, crustal magnetism, thermal evolution and mantle dynamics, remote sensing, landslides and surface processes, icy satellites.
Planetary science research staff
Cécile Ferrari, Stéphane Jacquemoud, Taichi Kawamura, Philippe Lognonné, Antoine Lucas, Sébastien Rodriguez, Henri Samuel, Mark Wieczorek.
Location
IPGP - Université Paris Cité, Campus des Grands Moulins, Lamarck A (6th and 7th floors), 50 Rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013, Paris
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Research themes
Mars seismology.
Planetary science research staff
Nobuaki Fuji, Eléonore Stutzmann.
Location
IPGP - Université Paris Cité, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005, Paris
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Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS)
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Sorbonne Université, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, CNRS
Research themes
Ionospheres, magnetospheres, exospheres, interactions with particles and fields, remote sensing, instrumentation and techniques, plasmas and magnetohydrodynamic instabilities.
Planetary science research staff
Jean-Yves Chaufray, Patrick Galopeau, Dimitra Koutroumpa, François Leblanc, Ronan Modolo, Eric Quémerais.
Locations
Site Guyancourt
LATMOS - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 11 boulevard D’Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt
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Site Paris-Jussieu
LATMOS - Sorbonne Université, Towers 45-46 (3rd and 4th floors), 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris
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Research themes
Planetary atmospheres, origin of life, impact cratering, comets, remote sensing, surface materials and properties, instrumentation and techniques.
Planetary science research staff
Nathalie Carrasco, Valérie Ciarletti, Caroline Freissinet, Thomas Gautier, Franck Lefèvre, Alice Le Gall, Anni Määttänen, Emmanuel Marcq, Maeva Millan, Franck Montmessin, Cyril Szopa.
Locations
Site Guyancourt
LATMOS - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 11 boulevard D’Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt
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Site Paris-Jussieu
LATMOS - Sorbonne Université, Towers 45-46 (3rd and 4th floors), 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris
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Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA)
Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences & Lettres, Université Paris Cité, CNRS
Research themes
Planetary surfaces, planetary atmospheres, asteroids, comets, trans-neptunian objects, exoplanets, space instrumentation, spectroscopy, photometry, polarimetry, radiometry, occultations.
Planetary science research staff
Antonella Barucci, Tanguy Bertrand, Bruno Bézard, Nicolas Biver, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, Benjamin Charnay, Athéna Coustenis, Daniela Despan, Alain Doressoundiram, Stéphane Erard, Sonia Fornasier, Thierry Fouchet, Quentin Kral, Emmanuel Lellouch, Cédric Leyrat, Frédéric Merlin, Raphael Moreno, Françoise Roques, Bruno Sicardy, Damya Souami, Philippe Thébault, Sandrine Vinatier, Thomas Widemann.
Location
LESIA - Observatoire de Paris, Bâtiments 16-18, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon
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Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD)
Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Sciences & Lettres, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, CNRS
Research themes
Planetary climates, planetary atmospheres, numerical climate modeling, analysis of remote sensing and in-situ observations, Mars, Venus, giant planets, Titan, Pluto, extrasolar planets.
Planetary science research staff
François Forget, Sandrine Guerlet, Sebastien Lebonnois, Ehouarn Millour, Aymeric Spiga, André Szantai, Martin Turbet.
Location
LMD - Sorbonne Université, Tower 45 (3rd floor), 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris
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Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA)
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Université Paris Cité, Université Paris-Est Créteil, CNRS
Research themes
Astrobiology, astrochemistry, planetology, exoplanets, Mars, small bodies, atmospheres, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, spectroscopy, space instrumentation.
Planetary science research staff
Clara Azémard, Yves Bénilan, Hervé Cottin, Nicolas Fray, Marie-Claire Gazeau, Antoine Jolly, François Raulin (emeritus), Fabien Stalport, Olivia Venot.
Location
LISA - Université Paris-Est Créteil, Maison des sciences de l’environnement, 5 rue Pasteur Vallery Radot, 94000 Créteil
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