Research Group

Postdocs:

- Dibyendu Sardar,  “Interactions and ultracold collisions between laser-cooled triplet-state He2 molecules “

- Anzhela Veselinova,  “Collisional excitation of complex organic molecules in space “ 

- Francesca Tonolo,  “Inelastic and reactive processes of astrophysical and atmospherical interest “

PhD students:

- Salvatore Boi (PhD started in 2025),  “The excitation of cometray molecules “  

- Chaima Abidi (PhD started in 2025),  “Vibrational excitation of interstellar hydrides “

- Shan Gao (PhD started in 2024),  “State-to-state chemistry in astrophysical and atmospherical media “

- Antonios Papaioannou (PhD started in 2024), “Astrochemistry in the context of high uncertainties”

Master student:

- Robin Blanchard,  “Interaction potentiel between cyanopolyynes and rare gas"

IT guys:

- Guillaume Raffy 

Former members:

Postdocs:

- Milan Sil  (2023-2024)

- Cheikh Bop  (2019-2024)

- Sandor Demes  (2019-2024)

- Marie Gueguen  (2021-2023)

- Nezha Bouhafs (2017-2019)

- Fidel Batista Romero (2017)

- Kyle Walker (2015-2017)

- Sidaty Cheikh Sid Ely (2013-2015)

- Yulia Kalugina (2011-2013)

- Mohamed Jorfi (2010-2011)

PhD students

- Amélie Godard Palluet (2021-2025), Collisional rate coefficients of sulfur-bearing molecules induced by light and heavy colliders for interstellar and cometary applications 

- Paul Pirlot (PhD started in 2021-2024), Collisional excitation of radicals in the interstellar medium

- Michal Zoltowski (2019 - 2023), Collisional excitation of astrophysical molecules induced by heavy particules

- Benjamin Desrousseaux (2019 - 2023), Collisional excitation of interstellar molecules: towards a new statistical approach

- Maxime Gontel (2020 - 2021), State-to-state chemistry in the early universe and formation of the first cosmological objects 

- Ragav Ramachandran (2016-2020), Rotational excitation of NH by H2: theory, comparison with experiments and astrophysical applications

- Nezha Bouhafs (2014-2017), Collisional excitation of nitrogen hydrides in astrophysical media

- Mario Hernandez Vera (2012-2014), Towards the understanding of cyanides / isocyanides abundances in the interstellar medium 

- Mathieu Lanza (2011-2014), Inelastic and reactive collisions of astrophysical and energetic media interest. 

- Sebastien Niyonzima (2010-2013), Electronic collisions in energetic media

Long term visitors:

- Santiago Pérez Hernando (2025)

- Vincenzo Laporta (2025)

- Jérôme Loreau (2017-2018)

- Anzhela Veselinova (2024)

- Maroua M'hamdi (2023, 2024 and 2025)

- Atka Chefai (2018 and 2019)