Personal details
| Full name: |
Alexandre SANTERNE |  |
| Date & Place of Birth: | 30 August 1986 (Beauvais, France) | |
| Citizenship: | French | |
| Situation: | married - 1 child (3yr) |
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| Professionnal address: | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de
Marseille 38, rue Frederic Joliot-Curie 13388 Marseille Cedex 13, FRANCE |
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| Professional email: |
alexandre.santerne@lam.fr |
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| Professional phone: |
+33 (0) 4 91 05 69 16 |
Employment
| Since October 2016 |
Aix-Marseille
University Astronome Adjoint (equivalent to assistant professor) OSU Institut Pythéas Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille Marseille, France |
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| October 2014 - September 2016 |
Instituto de
Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço Marie-Curie fellow (post-doc) Porto, Portugal |
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| January 2013 - September 2014 |
Centro de Astrofísica da
Universidade do Porto Advanced post-doc Porto, Portugal |
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| October 2012 - January 2013 |
Aix-Marseille
University Teaching and Research Temporary Attaché Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille Marseille, France |
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| October 2009 - September 2012 |
Aix-Marseille
University PhD candidate Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille Marseille, France |
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Education
| 2009 - 2012 |
PhD thesis in
Astrophysics and Cosmology Aix-Marseille University Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille Title: Characterisation of transiting exoplanets by radial velocimetry Advisors: Claire Moutou & François Bouchy Defense date: 26 October 2012 Jury: B. Hamelin (chair), A. Lecavelier des Étangs, A. Morbidelli, G. Marcy, F. Pepe, C. Reylé, C. Moutou, and F. Bouchy Marseille, France |
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| 2007 - 2009 |
Master in
Astrophysics, Space Sciences and Planetology University of Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier Toulouse, France |
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| 2004 - 2007 |
Licence in
fundamental physics University of Bordeaux 1 Bordeaux, France |
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Teaching and supervision experiences
| Teaching (64h / year) | - Professional and Personal
student project (Licence 1st year) - Numerical project (Master SPACE, 1st year) |
| Supervision (internships) |
- Caroline Dalibot (Master 1st
year): July - September 2010 [50%] - Wissam Fakhardji (Master 2nd year): February - June 2014 [20%] - Abhinav Jindal (Bachelor 2nd year): May - June 2014 - Elsa Moreira (Master 2nd year): September 2015 - October 2016 - Saeed Hojjatpanah (Master 2nd year): February - March 2016 - Hugo Gosselin (Master 2nd year): February - July 2017 - Sébastien Rigaud (Ingenieur School 2nd year): May - July 2017 |
| Supervision (PhD) |
- Théo Lopez: 2017 - 2020 [80%] |
| Supervision (post-doc) |
- Hugh Osborn: 2017 - now [30%] |
Grants, Awards and Distinctions
| 2017 |
Programme
National de Planétologie (PI) 3 k€ (INSU) |
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| 2014 - 2015 |
Programme PESSOA
(co-PI) Collaboration between Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille and Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto Amount: 3.5 k€ (FCT) |
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| 2014 - 2016 | Marie Curie
Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development (PI) score 92.3/100 Amount: 153.33 k€ (European Commission) |
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| Since 2012 |
ESO Photo
Ambassador |
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Research experience
Publications and communications
| Publications | 109
publications in peer-reviewed journals, with more than 2600
citations, including: - 10 papers as first author with more than 300 citations - 20 other papers with a substantial contribution (2nd or 3rd author) H-index: 28 |
| Invited talks |
International conferences: 2 Seminars: 15 |
Projects involvement
| Since 2014 | Leader of the ESO-K2 consortium |
| Since 2014 |
Leader of the PASTIS project |
| Since 2010 |
Leader of the Kepler follow-up on SOPHIE |
| Since 2015 |
Member of the CHEOPS extended science team |
| Since 2011 |
Member of the PLATO science consortium and
responsible for WPs #113200, #132320, and #367000 |
| Since 2009 |
Member of the RPE consortium on
SOPHIE |
| 2013 - 2014 |
Member of the Kepler False-Positive Working Group |
| 2009 - 2013 |
Member of the CoRoT Exoplanet Science Team |
PI of accepted proposals
| ESO | HARPS@3.6-m
telescope + 2 normal proposals (14 nights) + 1 large programme proposal (70 nights P98 - P101): "Rocky or gaseous ? Exploring the composition of small worlds using K2 and HARPS" UVES@8m VLT 1 proposal in priority A (31h) |
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| OPTICON |
HARPS-N@3.6m TNG 4 proposals (10 nights) SOPHIE@1.93m OHP 1 proposal (6 nights) |
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| French 2m-class telescopes |
SOPHIE@1.93m OHP 3 proposals (17 nights) NARVAL@2m TBL 1 proposal (67h in priority A and 10h in priority B) |
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| CFHT |
ESPaDOnS@3.6m
CFHT 1 proposal (47h in priority A) |
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| INAF |
HARPS-N@3.6m TNG 1 proposal DDT (9h) |
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| NASA |
K2 mission /
Kepler telescope 1 proposal (1 target) |
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Reviewing experience
| Since 2013 |
Reviewer
for ApJ, A&A, PASP, Science, and OPTICON |
| 2015 - 2016 |
Member of the ESO Observing
Programme Committee (OPC) |
| Confidential |
Member of a panel for a NASA
space mission |
Scientific animation
| 2013 - 2015 |
Organisor of the Planet journal club at Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto |
| 2016 |
Chair LOC/SOC of the K2 workhop,
Porto, Portugal (~50 participants) |
| 2015 |
Co-organisor (chair) of the 5th
school for professional / amateur collaboration in astronomy, Giron,
France (~80 participants) |
| 2013 |
SOC/LOC member of the Planet
Validation Workshop, Marseille, France (~40 participants) |
| 2012 |
Co-organisor of the 4th
school for professional / amateur collaboration in astronomy, La
Rochelle, France (~80 participants) |
| 2011 |
LOC member of the "2nd
CoRoT Symposium: transiting planets, vibrating stars, and their
connexion", Marseille, France (~250 participants) |
| 2010 |
LOC member of the conference
"OHP2010: Detection and dynamics of transiting exoplanets", OHP, France
(~80 participants) |
Administrative and scientific responsabilities
| 2013 |
Member of the scientific council at Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto |
| 2010 - 2011 |
Student representative at the
administrative council of the Observatoire
Astronomique Marseille Provence |
Community involvment and outreach
| Since 2013 |
Honorific member and scientific referent for the association "Astronomy Gironde 33" |
| 2010 - 2012 |
Member of the administrative council of the association "Astronomes Amateurs
Aixois de l'Observatoire de Vauvenargues" (~100 members) |
| 2008 - 2012 |
Founding president of the
association "Rassemblement de l'Astronomie Amateur dans le Grand Sud
Ouest" (~80 members) |
| 2006 - 2008 |
Member of the administrative
council of the association "Société d'Astronomie de Bordeaux" (~50
members) |
| Since 2006 |
Regular outreach presentation
for astronomy association and large astronomy events, e.g. Fête de la
Science, Ciel en Fête, Nuit des Étoiles, Rencontres du Ciel et de
l'Espace, Pint of Science |
Skills and hobbies
| Programming |
mainly Python and LaTeX |
| Languages |
French (native), English (fluent), Portuguese (notions) |
| Hobbies |
Photography,
wine tasting, cooking, swimming |
Last update: August 2017
