The next RED School will be March 14-20, 2027
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RED 26
Here’s the team of teachers in charge of this year’s courses, with whom you’ll have the opportunity to interact
Mass spectrometry, Spaceflight applications, Icy moons, Ocean words investigations
A very short bio (up to 200 words): Associate professor at the University of Orléans, I’m a planetary scientist conducting my research at the Laboratory of Environmental and Space Physics and Chemistry (LPC2E) in Orléans. I’m involved in the development of high-resolution mass spectrometers for future spaceflight applications, based on the Orbitrap technology that has never flown in space. In the laboratory, I use these instruments to identify biosignatures and compounds of prebiotic interest in analogs of extraterrestrial matter, particularly those found on specific bodies of the Solar System called Ocean worlds. For example, I’m trying to benefit from the high mass resolving power of the Orbitrap to decipher the complex patterns detected in the analogues of Titan’s aerosols (called tholins) synthesized with the PAMPRE experiment at LATMOS in order to participate in the understanding of the chemical reaction chains and polymeric growth occurring in the atmosphere and at the surface of this moon. I’m also studying organic molecules mixed with salts mimicking samples that have been collected from the jets of Enceladus in order to prepare the future large mission of ESA dedicated to the exploration of this very particular moon.