Research projects

Coordinators : Sébastien Rodriguez

January 2020

National partnership

CNES Research project: Dragonfly landing site characterization on Titan: geological and climatic history on the region of the Selk crater

Our project aims at implementing an original methodology coupling information extraction on the nature of Titan's surface (analysis of Cassini-Huygens...

Coordinators : Catherine Chauvel

January 2020 - December 2024

European partnership

ERC- SHRED

Studies of modern-day volcanic processes have revealed material surviving from the Hadean Eon, which occurred between 4.6 and 4 billion years ago. The...

Coordinators : Antoine Lucas

January 2020

Campaign and mission

EROSAT

Because of their role in erosion and sediment supply in rivers, gravity instabilities are one of the most important geophysical processes in explainin...

Coordinators : Frederic Moynier

January 2020

National partnership

HAYABUSA 2

Study of the materials of the asteroid Ryugu brought back by the JAXA Hayabusa2 mission in 2020.

Coordinators : Frederic Moynier

January 2020

National partnership

MMX

Preparation of the JAXA MMX sample return mission from Phobos (Mars moon) with a departure from Earth in 2024.

Coordinators : Cécile Ferrari

January 2020 - December 2023

International partnership outside Europe

PNP - PISTE - Properties of Icy Surfaces from their Thermal Emission

Coordinators : Eric van Hullebusch

November 2019 - April 2023

National partnership

Siderophores assisted Biorecovery of Technology Critical Elements: Gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge) and indium (In) from end-of-life products (SIDEREC)

The SIDEREC project is aiming at recovering Gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge) and indium (In) from end-of-life products end-of-life (EOL) products as a way...

Coordinators : Philippe Lognonné

September 2019 - February 2024

National partnership

Mars Geophysical InSight (MAGIS) ANR

The InSight mission (Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport) landed successfully on Mars on November 26, 2018....

Coordinators : Zacharie Duputel

January 2019 - June 2024

European partnership

PRESEISMIC

Exploring the nucleation of large earthquakes: cascading and unpredictable or slowly driven and forecastable

Coordinators : Isabelle Martinez

November 2018 - April 2023

National partnership

ANR LISZT - english version

For further information, feel free to contact Isabelle Martinez.

Coordinators : Louis Derry

October 2018

International partnership outside Europe

CZ-TOP

A common observation is that the chemistry of stream waters varies with discharge, something that is seen both in event-driven small watersheds and th...

Coordinators : Mark Wieczorek

January 2017

International partnership outside Europe

Psyche (NASA)

Co-investigator of the mission Psyche (NASA). Launch: 2023 Arrival at the asteroid (16) Psyche: 2029