News

16 April 2026

Research

Guillaume Avice: CNRS bronze medal for his work on noble gases in the atmospheres of terrestrial planets

Guillaume Avice, a geochemist and cosmochemist, is a research fellow at the IPGP (CNRS/IPGP/University of Paris Cité). He uses mass spectrometry to st...

14 April 2026

Research

MAJIS on board JUICE: a key instrument for exploring Jupiter’s icy moons

As part of the team involved in the development and validation of the MAJIS instrument, the Paris Institute of Earth Physics is contributing to the sc...

09 April 2026

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Research

Frédéric Moynier elected member of the Academia Europaea

Frédéric Moynier, professor at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) and Université Paris Cité, and Deputy Director for Research at IPGP, ...

07 April 2026

Research

Can we listen to Titan’s heartbeat? Icequakes as a window into a hidden ocean.

What lies beneath the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon? This question is central to the upcoming Dragonfly mission, which will deploy a drone e...

31 March 2026

Research

Lithium isotopes unveil the hidden chemistry of Guadeloupe's volcanic waters

IPGP researchers present the first systematic lithium isotope survey of Guadeloupe's surface waters, revealing that a single small island can host a r...

25 March 2026

Institute Life, Research

Jean-Philippe Avouac appointed Director of IPGP

By decree of the President of the French Republic dated March 23, 2026, Jean-Philippe Avouac has been appointed Director of the Institut de physique d...

24 March 2026

Research

SOUFRIÈRE50 International Conference: the second circular is now online, registration is open

IPGP is pleased to announce the release of the second circular for the SOUFRIÈRE50 international conference, to be held from July 5 to 10, 2026, in Gu...

16 March 2026

Research

Atmospheric nanoparticles: a methodological breakthrough for the analysis of urban bioindicators

A team from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP – Université Paris Cité), in collaboration with the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ...

12 March 2026

Research

Axial volcano in the Eastern Pacific: crustal formation by melt sill injection in a pile lava flows

An institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) team in partnership with United States colleagues have discovered that most of the upper crust at Axi...

10 March 2026

Research

Publication of the book "Anisotropic Seismology" by Cambridge University Press

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) announces the publication of the book "Anisotropic Seismology," co-authored by Jean‑Paul Montagner a...

05 March 2026

Research

Rubidium isotopes used to trace crustal recycling beneath Martinique

A new study conducted at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP – Université Paris Cité / CNRS) sheds new light on the processes of crustal ...

02 March 2026

Institute Life

Ana Claudia Fonseca Brefe appointed General Director of Services

Ana Claudia Fonseca Brefe takes up her position as General Director of Services at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris on Monday 2 March 2026.