CV

Education

• Habilitation in Planetary Science, Université Paris-Saclay, 2014 (VOLATILES EXCHANGES BETWEEN SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERE ON MARS)
• Ph.D in Planetary Science, Grenoble Alpes University, 2007 (CLASSIFICATION OF THE MARTIAN SURFACE USING OMEGA HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING. STUDY OF THE CO2 AND H2O SEASONNAL DEPOSITS)

Work experience

• In 2021-2026, Junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)

• Since 2018: Professor of Planetary Science
  • GEOPS, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
  • CNU Section 35
  • Head of Master in Planetary Science and Space Exploration
• 2009-2018: Associate Professor of Planetary Science
  • GEOPS, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
  • CNU Section 35
• 2008-2009: Post-doc
  • ESA, ESAC, Madrid, Spain
• 2004-2007: PhD
  • IPAG, Grenoble Alpes University, France (ex LPG, Université Joseph Fourier)

Space missions involvement

• Since 2009, Co-Investigator of OMEGA, Mars Express, ESA
• Since 2010, Co-Investigator of PFS, Mars Express, ESA
• Since 2016, Guest-Investigator, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, ESA
• Since 2024, Co-Investigator of BELA, Bepi-Colombo, ESA
• Since 2024, Co-Investigator of GALA, JUICE, ESA

Skills

• Planetary Science
  • Geomorphology
  • Ice
• Remote sensing
  • Hyperspectral imaging
  • Lidar
  • Imagery
• Numerical methods
  • Machine learning (unmixing, blind source separation…)
  • Deep Learning

Publications

Circumpolar ocean stability on Mars 3 Gy ago

Schmidt, F.; Way, M. J.; Costard, F.; Bouley, S.; Séjourné, A. & Aleinov, I. Circumpolar ocean stability on Mars 3 Gy ago, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, e2112930118,

Talks

Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2012

Talk at EPSC, Berlin, Germany

Teaching

Physiography of Planetary Surfaces

Service and leadership

• Currently scientific head of the Planetary Surface Pole (CNES/CNRS-INSU)