Team leader: 

Permanent members

  • Bendjoya Philippe (Professeur des Universités, UniCA)
  • Bigot Lionel (Chargé de Recherche, CNRS)
  • Chami Malik (Professeurs des Universités)
  • Chiavassa Andrea (Chargé de Recherche, CNRS)
  • Corbard Thierry (Astronome Adjoint, CNAP)
  • Creevey Orlagh (Astronome, CNAP, Valrose)
  • Domiciano de Souza, Armando (Astronome-Adjoint, CNAP)
  • Lagadec Eric (Astronome-Adjoint, CNAP)
  • Lamberts Astrid (Chargé de Recherche, CNRS)
  • Meilland Anthony (Chargé de Recherche, CNRS)
  • Mourard Denis (Astronome, CNAP)
  • Niccolini Gilles (Maitre de conférence)
  • Stee Philippe (Directeur de Recherche, CNRS)

Post-doctorants

  • Boileau Guillaume (CNES): progenitors of Gravitational Waves
  • Galaudage Shanika (ANR COSMERGE): Progenitors of Gravitational Waves
  • Ibanez-Bustos Romina (ERC ISSP): SPICA, surface-brightness color relations
  • Perdigon Jeremy (ANR MASSIF): radiative transfer in massive stars
  • Vrard Mathieu (ERC ISSP): SPICA, asteroseismology

PhD Students

  • Bruel Tristan (Defense 2024: supervisor A. Lamberts): Study of Black Holes binaries in formation channels
  • Abello Margaux (Defense 2025: supervisor A. Domiciano & A. Meilland): Study of massive stars
  • Beguin Elysabeth (Defense 2025: supervisor A. Chiavassa): Study of evolved stars
  • Jonak Juraj (Defense 2025: supervisor D. Mourard): binary stars
  • Ebrahimkutty Nayeem (Defense 2026: supervisor D. Mourard & A; Domiciano): Limb-darkening of stars with CHARA/SPICA
  • Bailleul Manon (Defense 2026: supervisor N. Nardetto): Surface Brighthness Color Relation of Cepheids
  • Tomassini Gabriel (Defense 2027: supervisor E. Lagadec & A; Chiavassa): Evolved stars
  • Felicio Sousa Solano (Defense 2027: supervisor A. Lamberts & N. Christensen): Towards an integrated vision of LISA data analysis, from instrumental noise to astrophysics
  • Alice Perego (Defense 2027: supervisor N. Christine & A. Lamberts): Enabling multimessenger detections and science of Galactic binaries with LISA.

Former permanents or emerits

  • Chapellier Eric (Astronome, CNAP)
  • Chelli Alain (Astronome, CNAP)
  • Dessart Luc (Chargé de Recherche, CNRS)
  • Faurobert Marianne (Professeur, UniCA)
  • Fossat Eric (Astronome, CNAP)
  • Lanz Thierry (Astronome, CNAP)
  • Mekarnia Djamel (Chargé de Recherche, CNRS)
  • Michaut Claire (Directrice de Recherche, CNRS)
  • Morel Pierre (Astronomer, CNAP)
  • Provost Jeanine (Astronome, CNAP)
  • Rabbia Yves (Astronome, CNAP)
  • Thevenin Frédéric (Directeur de Recherche, CNRS)
  • Vakili Farroh (Astronome, CNAP)

Former Post-Doctorants

  • Mathis Houlle (ANR ExoVLTI) with Florentin Millour: Gravity+
  • Ligi Roxanne (ERC ISSP) with Denis Mourard : SPICA, exoplanet host stars
  • Cyril Pannetier (ERC ISSP) : SPICA Fringe Tracking
  • Salabert David (CNES 2011-2013, CEA 2016-2017, Lagrange 2020, ISSP 2021-2024)
  • Patru Fabien (SPICA 2019)
  • Mastrogiovanni Simone (2021 ANR COSMERGE): statistical interpretation of BH coalescence
  • Menezes Fabian (2021 ANR PEPPER): magneto-hydrodynamica modelling of evolved stars

Former PhDs

  • Merle Thibault (defense 2012: supervisor L. Bigot & F. Thevenin): NLTE line transfer, Stellar atmosphere
  • Ligi Roxanne (defense 2013, supervisor D. Mourard): exoplanet hos stars
  • Daniel Moser Faes (defense 2015: supervisor A. Domiciano & A. Carciofi): Be Stars
  • Rabah Ikhief (defense 2016, supervisor T. Corbard): atmosphere turbulence
  • Khorrami Zeinab (defense 2016): adaptive optics of cluster R136
  • Challouf Mounir (defense 2015: supervisor N. Nardetto & D. Mourard): Surface Brightness Color Relation
  • Sulis Sophia (defense 2017: supervisor L. Bigot & D. Mary): Stellar Noise study and exoplanet detection
  • Mac Donald Daniel (defense 2018: co-supervisor E. Lagadec): evolved stars
  • Lisakov Sergey (defense 2018: supervisor L. Dessart): core collapse Supernova and progenitor
  • Martinod Marc-Antoine (defense 2018: supervisor D. Mourard & K. Perraut): FRIEND instrument
  • Soulain Anthony (defense 2018: supervisor F. Millour et B. Lopez): massive stars
  • Kravchenko (defense 2019: supervisor Van Eck & A. Chiavassa): tomography of convective layers in evolved stars
  • Bouchaud Kevin (defense 2019:supervisor A. Domiciano & D. Reese) : fast rotation
  • Saldanha Elisson (defense 2020: supervisor A. Domiciano & A. Meilland): massive stars
  • Hocdé Vincent (defense 2020: supervisor N. Nardetto & E. Lagadec): Cepheids environment
  • Salsi Anthony (defense 2021: supervisor N. Nardetto & D. Moutard): Surface Brightness Color Relation
  • Maimone Maria Chiara (defense 2022: supervisor A. Chiavassa) : Atmosphere of exoplanet and host stars
  • Palakkatharappil Dinil Bose (defense 2022: supervisor O. Creevey) : Age of stars
  • Pannetier Cyril (Defense 2022: supersivor D. Mourard and F. Cassaing): SPICA fringe tracker 
  • Perdigon Jeremy (Defense 2022: supervisor M. Faurobert & G. Niccolini): Radiative tranfert in circumstellar environment
  • Drevon Julien (Defense 2023: supervisor P. Cruzalebes & F. Millour): Evolved stars with MATISSE/VLTI
  • Srinivasan Rahul (Defense 2023: supervisor A. Lamberts & Maris-Anne Bizouard): Black Hole in Universe

updated on 2024-10-03