My Resume

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Dr. Jessica Flahaut - Planetary Geologist

Research Interests

• Planetary Geology (Mars, the Moon, Mercury, small bodies), Sedimentary and Magmatic Processes

• Remote Sensing Techniques, Data Processing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Hyperspectral Analysis, Mineralogy, IR and Raman Spectroscopy  

• Landing Site Selection (Mars, the Moon)

• Field Geology, Sample Collection, Preparation and Analysis (microscopy, Raman + reflectance spectroscopy, XRD), Analog Studies

Education

• Space Studies Program diploma (SSP), option ‘Space applications’, completed with the highest honors. International Space University (ISU) at Florida Institute of Technology/ Kennedy Space Center, 2012.

• PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences, completed with the highest honors, and a special distinction from the jury.  Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon)/ Brown University, 2011, supervised by C. Quantin, P. Allemand and J.F Mustard.

Rewarded with the ‘prix Van Straelen’ 2012

Rewarded with the ‘prix Le Monde de la recherche universitaire’ 2012

• Master’s in Earth and Planetary Sciences/Applied Geophysics, completed with honors. ENS Lyon/ETH Zurich (Erasmus), 2008, supervised by F. Albarède.

• Bachelor’s in Geology, completed with honors, after 2 years of “classes préparatoires BCPST” (university-level preparation for the competitive entrance exams to engineering schools, in Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Geology), ENS Lyon/Lycée Poincaré Nancy, 2005.

• “Baccalauréat Scientifique” (high school diploma in Science), completed with the highest honors. Lycée Henri Loritz, Nancy, 2003.

Employment

• Since August 2018: Researcher (Chargé de recherche) at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)/ Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy.

• Nov. 2016 - July 2018: Researcher (Chargé de recherche) at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)/ Institut de recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Toulouse.

• Nov. 2015- Nov. 2016: Postdoctoral fellow at the “Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon”, France « Composition, origin and evolution of planetary crusts » Individual National Fellowship (collaboration with Cathy Quantin).

• Feb. 2013-Oct 2015: Postdoctoral fellow at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, The Netherlands « Constraining the habitability of Mars through multi-component analysis of its sulfate-rich deposits » Individual National Fellowship (collaboration with Wim van Westrenen/Gareth Davies).

• Jan. 2012 – Jan. 2013: Postdoctoral fellow at the “Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale”, Orsay, France « Determining the composition of the Martian surface with the OMEGA and CRISM hyperspectral imagers» (collaboration with François Poulet/Jean-Pierre Bibring).

• Sept. 2008- Dec. 2011: PhD student at the “Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon”, France (with 2 semesters spent at the Brown University, Providence, RI) « Remote sensing survey of the mineralogy of Valles Marineris: insights into magmatic and sedimentary processes on Mars » (supervised by Cathy Quantin/Pascal Allemand/John F. Mustard).

• May 2010 – Aug. 2010: Lunar Exploration Summer Program: Intern position at the “LPI/Johnson Space Center”, Houston, TX « Lunar Surface Sites Suitable for Exploring NRC 2007 Concept 3: Key Planetary Processes are manifested in the Diversity of Lunar Crustal Rocks » (supervised by  David Kring).

• Jan. 2008- Aug. 2008: Intern at the “Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon”, France «Sulfate-rich deposits in Capri Chasma, Mars » (supervised by  Cathy Quantin).

• Jan. 2007- March 2007: Intern at the  “Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon”, France « Analyzing meteorite compositions with an ionic probe» (supervised by  Françis Albarède, experiments performed at CPRG Nancy).

• June 2006 – Aug. 2006: Intern at the “Laboratoire des Magmas et Volcans”, Clermont-Ferrand, France « Granular flows applied to pyroclastic flows» (supervised by  Olivier Roche).

Professional Service

• Member of the Emirates Lunar Mission (ELM) Science Team (2021 - 2023)

• Member of the ESA Topical Team Polar Explorer (2021 - )

• Invited member of ESA's SSEWG  (Solar System Exploration Working Group) (2020-2023)

• Guest member of the CNES CERES (Comité d’Evaluation sur la Recherche et L’Exploration Spatiale) committee (2020-2023)

• EGU Planetary Science officer (2019- 2022)

• Member of the ESA M5 SARP (2020-2021)

• Member of the ESA Planetary Science Roadmap Expert Working Group (EWG) (2020-2021)

• Member of the ESA Topical Team Voyage2050 (2019-2020)

• Member of the ESA science team Strategy for Lunar Science at the Moon (2018- )

• Team Member of the Simbio-SYS spectrometer on Bepi-Colombo (2018- )

• Member of the ESA Topical Team on ISRU (2018- )

• Invited member of the China-Europe International Lunar Research Team (2017- ), co-chair of the "Volatiles and Resources" WG

• Team Member of the Lunar IR spectrometer (LIS, Luna-25 and Luna-27) and Exomars IR spectrometer (ISEM) science teams (2014 - )

• Selected member of the ExoMars 2018 Landing Site Working Group (2013- )

• Invited member of the LUVMI-X (LUnar Volatiles Mobile Instrumentation) Advisory Board (2019- )

• Invited member of the LUVMI (LUnar Volatiles Mobile Instrumentation) Advisory Board (2016- 2018)

• Member of the ChemCam and MSL (Mars Science Laboratory) Science Teams (2016- 2017)

• Associate Scientist of the Mars Analogues for Space Exploration (MASE) project (2016- 2018)

• PI and main organizer of the MAFIC (Mars Astrobiology Fumarolic Interdisciplinary Collaboration) campaign (Furnas, Azores, September 2017)

• Member of the ESA Topical Team on the Exploitation of Local Planetary Materials (TT-ELPM, 2015)

• Co-proposer of the NASA's First Human Landing Sites Melas Chasma site (PI: A. McEwen, 2015)

• PI and main organizer of the 2015 Solfatara Mars analog campaign (Pozzuoli, Italy, September 2015)

• PI and main organizer of the 2015 AWSOME (Atacama Water Sulfates & Organics: Mars vs Earth) Chile campaign (February-March 2015)

• Co-proposer of the Mars2020 Coprates Chasma landing site (PI: C. Quantin, 2012 -2015)

• Member of the ISSI international team on Mars layered deposits (PI: T. Zegers, 2009-2012)

• Reviewer: JGR-Planets, Icarus, Advances in Space Research, Planetary and Space Sciences, Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, Cambridge University Press, Geomorphology, NASA Solar System Workings Program, Planetary NASA Postdoctoral Program, Polish Academy of Sciences...

• Editor: Guest Editor of the Planetary and Space Science special edition on ‘Space Resources’ (2018-2019), of the Remote Sensing special edition on 'Planetary Geologic Mapping'(2022-2023), of the SSR special edition on 'the Emirates Lunar Mission'(2023-2024).

• Institutional involvment: In charge of organizing internal seminar at CRPG (2019-2021), manager of CRPG's social networks (fb and Twitter),  PoC at CRPG for Europlanet 2020-2024 activities, member of the CRPG science advisory board (since January 2023), theme lead for the cosmochemistry & planetary science group (since 2023).

• Meeting organization:   SOC member for ~ 10 international meetings (European Lunar Symposium 2019, 2021, 2023,  the 4th International Symposium on Lunar and Planetary Science 2020, COSPAR2020, the 59th Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 2018, the 4th early Mars conference 2017…). Convener and chairwoman for > 20 scientific sessions: the EGU spectroscopy planetary analogs and /or Mars sessions (2018-2023), the EPSC spectroscopy / planetary analogs sessions (2011, 2014, 2018 - 2020), the LDSE Mars session (2019), the ISECG lunar volatiles virtual workshop (2016), the 6ms3 terrestrial analogs session (Moscow 6ms3 symposium, 2015)…

Teaching Experience

• Occasional teaching (since 2013, 20 to 80h/year)

Planetary remote sensing, Faculty of Science and Technology Nancy (FR), 2021-2024

Remote sensing and GIS techniques, ENSG, Nancy (FR), 2019-2023 (Course Leader since 2019)

Volcanology (extra-terrestrial), Faculty of Science and Technology Nancy (FR), 2019-2024

Cosmochemistry / Planetary Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nancy (FR), 2018-2020 (Course Leader 2020-2021)

Space missions, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nancy (FR), 2014, 2021-2024 (Course Leader since 2022)

Field geology courses, ENSG, Nancy (FR), 2018, 2019

Mars exploration, data processing and analysis, ENSG, Nancy (FR), 2017, 2018, 2022

An introduction to geology/volcanology, Azores EAC/COST summer school, 2016

Planetary science for MSc (Mars lectures), VU University Amsterdam (NL), 2013-2016

Planetary science for MSc (Invited Moon lectures), University of Lyon (FR), 2013-2016

• Teaching assistant (2009 – 2012, 64 to 96h/year)

Introduction to Geosciences, Planetology, Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, Biological Evolution, Elasticity, Field Geology.

• Supervision of engineers and postdoc researchers

- Mélissa Martinot (2023-2025)

- Gen Ito (2020 - 2023)  

- Vincent Payet (2019-2020)

- Nicolas Bott (2020)

• Supervision of PhD’s students

- Clarisse Peignaux (2023- ongoing, co-supervision with Francois Faure at CRPG Nancy) « Identification et origine des granitoïdes martiens par spectroscopie infrarouge»

- Marine Joulaud (2021- ongoing, co-supervision with Pascal Allemand  and Vincent Langlois at the LGL,TPE/University of Lyon & Evelyn Füri at CRPG Nancy) « Caractérisation multi-échelle des régolites de la Lune et de Mercure par imagerie et modélisation numérique»

- Belen Muñoz Rojas (2021- ongoing, cotutelle, co-supervision with Patricia Larrea at Universidad de Chile and Mary Ford at CRPG Nancy) «Central Andes mafic volcanism as an analog to Mars»

- Marie Barthez (2020- 2024, co-supervision with Raphaël Pik, CRPG Nancy) « Feldspathic rocks on Mars: VNIR spectral properties and formation mechanisms from terrestrial analogues and Mars remote sensing data analyses»

- Clément Brustel (2016- 2021, main supervisor, joint student VU University Amsterdam/University Lyon 1, with Gareth Davies) « Petrology of the martian crust through a multi-disciplinary approach»

- Mélissa Martinot (2015- 2019, main supervisor, joint student VU University Amsterdam/University Lyon 1, with Wim van Westrenen/Sébastien Besse) « The lunar crust as seen by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument »

- Jelmer Oosthoek (2011-2015, committee member, Jacobs University Bremen, with Angelo Rossi)

• Supervision of master’s and bachelor’s students

-  Victor Michel (2024, Master’s research project): «Automated grain mapping from close-up images of the lunar surface»

- Adrien Rousseau / Anna Savino (2024, Master’s research project, ENSG Nancy, collab. M. Martinot at CRPG): « Building a traverse at the lunar south pole for the Rashid-2 rover»

- Hugo Tixier / Ines Sponton (2024, Master’s research project, ENSG Nancy, collab. M. Martinot at CRPG): « Geology of Mare Crisium on the Moon»

- Clarisse Peignaux (2023, Master’s research project,  collab. F. Faure at CRPG): «VNIR Spectral signatures of synthetic feldspath plagioclase, and implication for remote detections on Mars»

- Hugo Watine (2023, Master’s research project, collab. S. Breton/J. Charreau at CRPG): « Alluvial fans on Mars»

- Mélanie Guenneguez (2022, Master’s research project): « Geological mapping at a given lunar landing site (confidential)»

- Hugo Watine / Tom Audard (2022, Master’s research project, ENSG Nancy): « What can we learn about the lunar regolith properties from in situ images?»

- Clarisse Peignaux (2021, Bachelor's research project): « Geological mapping at a given lunar landing site (confidential)»

- Mélanie Guenneguez (2021, Master’s research project, collab. S. Breton at CRPG): « Geological mapping at a given lunar landing site (confidential)»

- Alexandre Benedicto/  Amélia Santillan Cruz (2021, Master’s research project, collab. S. Breton at CRPG): « Geological mapping at a given lunar landing site (confidential)»

- Célia Kheng (2021, Master’s research project, SAS Belgium - secondary, remote supervision): « Remote sensing tools in support of future lunar exploration»

- Marine Joulaud (2021, Master’s research project, Univ of Lorraine, collab. E. Füri at CRPG): « Multi-scale analysis of lunar regolith properties»

- Célia Kheng (2020, Master’s summer project, ENSG Nancy, collab. S. Breton/J. Charreau at CRPG): « Alluvial fans on Mars»

- Elodie Flore Parisot/ Margaux Savary (2020, Master’s research project, ENSG Nancy, collab. S. Breton/J. Charreau at CRPG): « Alluvial fans on Mars»

- Elodie Genre-Grandpierre (2020, Master’s research project, ENSG Nancy, collab. S. Breton at CRPG): « Composition of the ILD of Valles Marineris, Mars»

- Marine Joulaud (2020, Master’s research project and summer internship, ENSG Nancy): « Suitable landing sites and test traverses for LUVMI-X at the lunar south pole»

- Marie Barthez (2020, Master’s research project, Univ of Lorraine): « Spectral properties of feldspar-bearing rocks»

- Yutong Shi (2019, Exchange student from CUG Wuhan, China, collab. J. Charreau at CRPG): « Comparison of valley networks on Mars and Earth»

- Marie Barthez (2019, Master’s research project, ENSG Nancy, collab. D. Jousselin at CRPG): « Do the compressive structures of Mercury result for the crystallization of its core?»

- Vincent Payet (2019, Master’s research project, ENSG Nancy): « Optimizing the detection of felsdpar minerals on Mars with the mineral recognizer software»

- Siyuan Zhao (2018, Exchange student from CUG Wuhan, China): « Candidate polar landing sites for the Chang’E-6 mission to the Moon»

- Nicolas Schnuriger (2017, Bachelor’s thesis, IRAP Toulouse) « Lunar volcanic domes and irregular mare patches in the Arago region»

- Clément Brustel (2015, Master thesis, VU University Amsterdam) « Characteristics of the dikes of Valles Marineris, Mars: Insights into the magmatic and tectonic history of the area »

- Anna Van Soest (2015-2016, Master thesis, VU University Amsterdam, collab J. Dohm) « Structural mapping and tectonic history of the Claritas Rise region of Mars »

- Marloes Offringa (2014-2015, Master’s research project, VU University Amsterdam): « Analysis of the sedimentary deposits in Arabia Terra, Mars »

- Olivier Barrois (2012, Bachelor’s thesis, ENS Lyon): « Jackson Crater, a potential landing site for future lunar missions »

- Rémi Delon (2012, Bachelor’s thesis, ENS Lyon): « Analysis of an olivine-rich layer in Eos Chasma, Mars »

Grants and Fundings 

• PI of Otelo JCJC project, 2022, 13 k€

• PI of a CNES "Appel a Projet de Recherche", 2022, 50k€

• PI of a ANR JCJC "Mars-Spec", 2021-2024, 270k€

• PI of a CNES "Appel a Projet de Recherche", 2021, 33k€

• PI of a CNES "Appel a Projet de Recherche", 2020, 16k€

• PI of a CNRS Momentum grant on spectral unmixing, 2019-2022, 180 k€

• Recipient of the Mourou/Strickland Mobility Fund (Canada/France), 2019

• PI of a LUE “Future Leader” grant, 2019-2021, 30 k€

• PI of a National Planetology program (PNP/INSU-CNRS) grant, 2019, 4.5 k€

• PI of a CNES "Appel a Projet de Recherche", the LIS instrument / Luna missions, 2019, 5 k€

• Co-I of a CNES "Appel a Projet de Recherche", Simbio-SYS on Bepi-Colombo, 2018

• PI of a CNES "Appel a Projet de Recherche", the LIS instrument / Luna missions, 2018, 5 k€

• PI of a CNES "Appel a Projet de Recherche", the ISEM instrument on ExoMars, 2017, 6.3 k€

• PI of an "Action Incitative" grant awarded by the OMP/IRAP for the MAFIC campaign, 2017, 3 k€

• PRESTIGE postdoctoral fellowship,  (Campus France, Marie Curie COFUND), 2015 - 2016

• CNES postdoctoral fellowship, 2015- 2016

• Co-PI (main writer) of a N.W.O./NSO User Support Programme project on the martian crust (Co-PI: G.R. Davies), 2015 – 2019, 250k€

• Co-I of a NASA/NPIRES (MDAP) grant on Mars acidic alteration (PI: Janice Bishop), 2015 –

• P.I. of a N.W.O. VENI grant on :« Constraining the habitability of Mars through multi-component analysis of its sulfate-rich deposits », 2013 – 2016, 250k€

• Co-PI and main writer of a Goetz Instrument Support Program grant from ASDinc/PAN analytical (co-PI: Nicola Potts), 2014 – 2015

• Co-PI of a N.W.O./NSO User Support Programme project on the lunar crust (PI: Wim van Westrenen), 2014 – 2018, 250k€

• Co-I of a National Planetology program (PNP/INSU-CNRS) grant on hydrated minerals in Valles Marineris Area (PI: Cathy Quantin), 2010, 5k€

• Co-I of a National Planetology program (PNP/INSU-CNRS) grant on the mineralogy of Interior layered deposits in Valles Marineris (PI: Cathy Quantin), 2009, 5k€

• Co-I of a National Planetology program (PNP/INSU-CNRS) grant on the geometry of Interior layered deposits in Valles Marineris (PI: Cathy Quantin), 2008, 5k€

• Student funding: International Space University (ISU) Space Summer Program 2012, supported by CNES (2.5 k€) and ESA (17.5 k€)

• Student funding: LPI Summer Intern Exploration Program 2010 supported by USRA/NASA (10 k€)

• Student funding: Explora’doc grant (region Rhône-Alpes/City of Lyon), supporting an exchange study at Brown University in 2009 and 2010, Providence, RI (4,3 k€)

• Erasmus student at the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) in 2007 (4 k€)

• Student travel grants: Landing sites workshop in Leiden, NL, 2011, supported by Europlanets (0.8 k€); EPSC conference, 2011, supported by Europlanets (0.3 k€); LPSC conference, 2011, supported by LPI/USRA (2 k€); Les Houches Mars III workshop, 2010, supported by CNES (0.5 k€); Nasa Nordic Summer School 2009, supported by NASA (4 k€); Alpbach summer School supported by CNES (1 k€).

Honors and Awards

• Correspondante de l’Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon, depuis 2022. 

• Awarded the “Prix Suzanne Zivi” by the Academie de Stanislas, 2019.

• Awarded the “Prix Chermette-Mouratille” by the Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon, 2016.

• Awarded the “Young scientist travel award” by the European Meteorological Institute for the most outstanding presentation at EO- ESA summer school, 2014.

• Awarded the “Most outstanding paper award for young scientists” of the COSPAR (Committee on Space Research), 2014.

• Awarded the “Prix de la vocation de l’exploration et l’observation spatiale” of the French aeronautics and astronautics society (3AF), 2013 (most inspiring and promising young researcher in his/her field, 1 per 2 years).

• Awarded the “Prix Van Straelen 2012” from the french geological society (SGF) (best PhD in Geology, 1 per year)

• Awarded the “Prix Le Monde de la recherche universitaire 2012” by the french newspaper Le Monde (best PhD thesis of the year, 5 per year, all disciplines)

• International Space University (ISU) alumini 2012; Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) honorary alumini 2012.

• Young Scientist title from ISSI (International Space Science Institute) 2009-2011.

•  ‘Normalienne’ (honorific title for some of the ENS alumni) 2005.

Publications and Conference Proceedings:     see dedicated page

Invited Talks and Seminars

• Flahaut J. et al. (December 2023) ‘ Feldspathic rocks on Mars: VNIR spectral properties and formation mechanisms from terrestrial analogues and Mars remote sensing data analyses',  Invited seminar, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand, France. 

• Flahaut J., et al. (May 2022) 'The ESA planetary sciences white paper', Keynote talk & panel, The European Lunar Symposium, virtual.

• Flahaut J., et al. (December 2020) 'Lunar polar regions of Interest for future exploration', Invited lecture, LUVMI-X workshop.

• Flahaut J., et al. (August 2020) 'Understanding Mars geology and habitability through terrestrial analog fieldwork', Keynote talk, Virtual AbGradE Meeting 2020.

• Flahaut J., Guitreau M., Brustel C, Payet V, Allemand P & Quantin C, et al. (July 2019), ‘Feldspathic and felsic Rocks on Mars’,  4th LDSE conference, Zhuhai, China.

• Flahaut J. et al. (March 2019) ‘ Back to the Moon: which sites for which science?’ Invited talk, worshop Lune, CNES Paris, France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (February 2019) ‘ Why study the Moon ?” Invited lecturer, The Lunar Exploration Renaissance Conference, Brussels, Belgium.

• Flahaut J. et al. (November 2018) ‘ Landing sites for future lunar exploration', Invited seminar, the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

• Qian Y., L. Xiao, J. Zhao, S. Zhao, Flahaut J.* et al. (September 2018), 'Chang’E-5 returns to (and from) the Moon: Geological characterization of the northern Ocean Procellarum landing area',  Invited talk, European  Planetary Science Conference, Berlin, Germany.

• Xiao, L., Y. Qian, J. Zhao, S. Zhao, Flahaut J.* et al. (July 2018), 'Geological Characteristics, Proposed Landing/sampling Sites and Anticipated Science Return of the Chang’E-5 Landing Region'. Invited talk, CNSA-ESA Lunar Science workshop, Amsterdam, NL.

• Flahaut J. et al. (July 2018) ‘Lunar polar regions of interest for future exploration', Invited talk, CNSA-ESA Lunar Science workshop, Amsterdam, NL.

• Flahaut J. et al. (May 2018) ‘Volcanism and Life on Mars... and on Earth’, Invited talk, Yearly Meeting of the Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre, Tartu, Estonia.

• Flahaut J. et al. (March 2018) ‘Understanding Mars sulfate-rich environments through terrestrial analog fieldwork’, Invited talk, 'Life on Earth and beyond' conference, Bertinoro, Italy.

• Flahaut J. et al. (February 2018) ‘Origin and Tectonics of Valles Marineris, Mars’, Café TEER series; CRPG Nancy France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (April 2017), ‘Early magmatic and sedimentary processes on Mars as seen through Valles Marineris’, GET (Laboratoire Geosciences Environnement Toulouse), France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (January 2017), ‘Composition and evolution of planetary crusts’, Café Cosmo series; CRPG Nancy France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (October 2016), ‘What Mars analog sites tell us about its past history’, Geolunch series; Laboratoire de Geologie de Lyon, France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (May 2016), ‘Candidate Landing sites near the Lunar poles: A European perspective’, 4th European Lunar Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Flahaut J. et al. (March 2016): ‘Formation and acidic alteration of the Martian crust, an orbital perspective’, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie, Toulouse, France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (February 2016): ‘Hyperspectral imagery on the Earth, Mars & the Moon’ From stone age to space age workshop : discussing common grounds in archeology and astronomy, Leiden, The Netherlands.

• Flahaut J. et al. (January 2016): ‘Regions of Interest for Lunar volatiles investigations : a european perspective’, ISECG Lunar Polar Volatiles Virtual Workshop #2, hosted by the NASA SSERVI.

• Flahaut J. et al. (April 2015): ‘Remote sensing views of Mars: Insights into its geologic history’, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (February 2015): ‘Remote sensing analyses of Mars sediments : Insights into the red planet’s climatic history’, PEPSci (Dutch planetary science national platform) meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

• Flahaut J. et al. (November 2014): ‘Etude de l’environnement martien – historique et projet Exomars’, Invited talk (semaine de l’exploration spatiale), CRPG Nancy, France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (December 2013): ‘Sulfate-rich deposits on Mars’, Invited SETI colloquium, recorded on the SETI youtube channel, SETI institute/NASA AMES, Mountain View, CA.

• Flahaut J. et al. (November 2013): ‘Remote sensing analysis of the area of Valles Marineris, Mars”, Invited seminar, Carnegie Institute, Washington, DC.

• Flahaut J. et al. (May 2013): ‘Remote sensing analysis of the area of Valles Marineris, Mars’. Invited seminar, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

• Flahaut J. et al. (March 2012): ‘Remote sensing survey of the mineralogy of Valles Marineris: Insights into magmatic and sedimentary processes on Mars’, Invited seminar, IAS, Orsay, France.

• Flahaut J. et al. (September 2011): ‘Remote sensing survey of the mineralogy of Valles Marineris: Insights into magmatic and sedimentary processes on Mars’. Invited seminar, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Flahaut J. et al. (November 2010): ‘Lunar Surface Sites Suitable for Exploring NRC 2007 Concept 3: Key Planetary Processes are Manifested in the Diversity of Lunar Crustal Rocks,’ Invited seminar, Brown University, Providence, RI.

• Flahaut J. et al. (September 2010): ‘Geology and Mineralogy of Vallles Marineris, Mars’. Group talk, Brown University, Providence, RI.

• Lunar Exploration Interns (August 2010): ‘Lunar Surface Sites Suitable for Exploring NRC 2007 Concept 3: Key Planetary Processes are Manifested in the Diversity of Lunar Crustal Rocks.’ Oral comm. for the Constellation Program Manager, LPI, Houston, TX.

• Flahaut J. et al. (October 2009): ‘Geology and Mineralogy of the Interior Layered Deposits in Capri/Eos Chasma, based on CRISM and HiRiSE data.’ Group talk,  Brown University, Providence, RI.

Summer/Winter Schools

•  January 2024: ‘GMAP planetary maaping winter school’, Virtual.

•  July 2019: ‘Mars summer school’, Wuhan, China.

• August 2016: ‘Volcanism, Plate Tectonics, Hydrothermal Vents and Life’, EAC/COST, Angra do Heroismo, Azores, Portugal.

• August 2014: ‘Earth Observation (EO) summer school’, ESA, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy.

• May – Aug. 2012: ISU Space Studies Program, Florida Tech/Kennedy Space Center, Melbourne, FL.

• July 2009: ‘Nordic- Nasa Summer School.’ Subject: ‘Water, Ice and the Origin of Life in the Universe.’ Reykjavik, Iceland.

• July 2008: ‘Alpach Summer School.’ Design of a space mission with the subject ‘Sample return of the Moon, an ansteroid or a comet.’ ESA/FFG, Alpbach, Austria.

Workshops

• June 2023: Worshop Lune, Colloque Fripon-Vigie-Ciel, MNHN Paris.

• March 2023: Worshop Lune, CNES Paris.

• February 2023: ‘ArcGIS Cornell workshop', virtual.

• September 2021: ‘LEAG annual meeting, virtual.

• August 2021: ‘Lunar surface science workshop: Fundamental and Applied Lunar Surface Research in Physical Sciences, USRA/LPI, virtual. 

• July 2021: ‘The 1st symposium on the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes' , virtual. 

• April 2021: ‘Lunar surface science workshop: Progress and Challenges: Updates from NASA HQ and Artemis ', USRA/LPI, virtual. 

• January 2021: ‘Atelier retour d'échantillons extra-terrestres", CNES-PNP joint workshop, virtual.

• December 2020: ‘LUVMI-X' workshop, Space Application Services, virtual. 

• November 2020: ‘Lunar surface science workshop: Foundational Data Products', USRA/LPI, virtual. 

• November 2020: ‘Sshade" training workshop, virtual.

• November 2020: ‘Atelier pôle de données", PNP workshop, virtual.

• October 2020: ‘ESA polar Explorer mission concept" workshop, virtual.

• October 2020: ‘Lunar surface science workshop - Science enabled by mobility', USRA/LPI, virtual. 

• August 2020: ‘Planetary Science' 3 days workshop, organized and hosted at crpg Nancy, ~20 participants. 

• August 2020: ‘Lunar surface science workshop - regolith and dust', USRA/LPI, virtual. 

• July 2020: ‘Lunar surface science workshop - volatiles and samples', USRA/LPI, virtual. 

• May 2020: ‘Lunar surface science workshop', USRA/LPI, virtual. 

• April 2020: ‘Moon farside negotiations', IAA Symposium, virtual.

• April 2019: ‘Atelier Mars Samples Return’, CNES Paris, France.

• March 2019: ‘Workshop Lune’, CNES Paris, France.

• November 2018: ‘Fifth Exomars Landing Site Selection Workshop’, National Space Centre, Leicester, UK.

• May 2017: Bepi-Colombo 15th SWT meeting, Toulouse, France.

• March 2017: ‘Fourth Exomars landing Site Selection Workshop’, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

• March 2017: ‘Brown-Vernadsky microsymposium 58: Surface Exploration and Sample Return: A New Era in Planetary Sciences’ Houston, TX.

• February 2017: ‘3rd landing site workshop for the 2020 Mars Rover mission’, Pasadena, CA.

• February 2016: ‘From stone age to space age, discussing common grounds in archeology and astronomy’, invited speaker and panelist, Leiden, The Netherlands.

• October 2015: ‘Third Exomars landing Site Selection Workshop’, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

• March 2015: ‘LRO User data workshop’, Houston, TX.

• March 2015: ‘Brown-Vernadsky microsymposium 56: The Crust of the Moon: Insights Into Early Planetary Processes’ Houston, TX.

• December 2014: ‘Second Exomars landing Site Selection Workshop’ ALTEC, Turin, Italy.

• March 2014: ‘First Exomars landing Site Selection Workshop’ ESAC, Madrid, Spain.

• February 2014: ‘Science and Challenges of Lunar Sample Return workshop’, ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

• October 2013: ‘Planet Mars IV’ workshop’, les Houches, France.

• March 2012: ‘Second MRO/CRISM data Users workshop’, Houston, TX.

• March 2012: ‘Brown-Vernadsky microsymposium 53: Early History of the Terrestrial Planets: New Insights from the Moon and Mercury’ Houston, TX.

• June 2011: ‘Mars layered deposits III workshop’, invited as a Young Scientist at the ISSI, Bern, Switzerland.

• March 2011: ‘M3 data workshop’ Houston, TX.

• March 2011: ‘Brown-Vernadsky microsymposium 52: The Moon: The First Billion Years of Crustal Evolution’, Houston, TX.

• January 2011: ‘Landing sites for exploration missions workshop’, Leiden University and ESTEC center, The Netherlands.

• April 2010: MarsSedI field trip, Guadalupe Mountains and Delaware basin, New Mexico.

• March 2010: ‘MarsIII workshop’, les Houches, France.

• February 2010: Brown-Vernadsky microsymposium 51: ‘Compositional Structure of the Lunar Crust,’ Houston, TX.

• November 2009: ‘Mars layered deposits I’ workshop’, invited as a Young Scientist at the ISSI, Bern, Switzerland.

• March 2009: ‘MRO/CRISM data Users workshop’, Houston, TX.

• October 2008: ‘Martian Phyllosilicates: Recorders of Aqueous Processes? workshop’ Paris, France.

Outreach Activities 

Public talks

• ‘En avant Mars!’ , avec Nicolas Beck, November 2023, RCANES Blénod-les-Pont-à-Mousson, France.

• ‘En avant Mars!’ , avec Nicolas Beck, October 2023, CEL Ludres, France.

• ‘Météorites, ces pierres tombées du ciel!’ June 2023, intervention pour CE2, Dombasle, France.

• 'Destination Lune ! Quelles grandes découvertes nous réserve encore notre satellite ?', December 2022, Conférence en duo avec Marine Joulaud, Université de Strasbourg, France.

• ‘Dernières Nouvelles de Mars’,  November 2022,  Musée Terra Genesis, Le Syndicat, France.

• ‘En avant Mars!’ , October 2022,  intervention pour 5ème, en duo avec Nicolas Beck, collège de Baccarat, France.

• ‘Destination Lune’ , June 2022, Conférence en duo avec Evelyn Füri, Ecurey pôle d'avenir, France.

• ‘Quelles ressources pour la construction d'une base martienne?' June 2022, Conférence-débat, journée ProxiMars, Cité de l'espace de Toulouse.

• ‘Mars, et ça repart!’ June 2022, intervention pour CP, Champigneulles, France.

• ‘Dernières Nouvelles de Mars’,  October 2021, Fête de la Sciences à l'UTT Troyes, France.

• ‘Mars, et ça repart!’ June 2021, intervention pour CM1 (2 classes), Pont-à-Mousson, France.

• 'Mars, et ça repart!’ March 2021, intervention pour CE2, école primaire Buffon, Champigneulles, France.

• "Et si on allait sur Mars?" February 2021, Conférence-Débat autour du roman "Nix Olympica", en compagnie de l'auteur Nicolas Beck, BU lettres de Nancy, France.

• "Dernières nouvelles de Mars" February 2021, Université de la Culture Permanente, Nancy (virtuel), France.

• "L’eau dans le Système Solaire", January 2021, Emission Télé-8/ interne à l'hôpital d'enfant de Nancy-Brabois, France. 

• "Dernières nouvelles de Mars" November 2020, Conférence virtuelle organisée en direct de la DR CNRS par Sciences en Lumières, Nancy, France.

• "Le désert de l’Atacama : une fenêtre sur le système solaire ?" October 2020, Conférence en duo (avec Y. Marrocchi) en plein air  dans le cadre des Jardins éphémères de la Place Stanislas, Nancy, France.

• "A la conquête de Mars", July 2020, Emission Télé-8/ interne à l'hôpital d'enfant de Nancy-Brabois, France. 

• "A la recherche de la Vie sur Mars", November 2019 to january 2020, Université du Temps Libre, Metz, Thionville, Saint-Avold, France.

• ‘Empreinte’ October 2019, Conférence en plein air sur l’empreinte de l’Homme dans l’espace, dans le cadre des Jardins éphémères de la Place Stanislas, Nancy, France.

• ‘A la conquête de la Lune’ September 2019, intervention pour CE1, école primaire Buffon, Champigneulles, France.

•  ‘Quoi de neuf dans le Système Solaire ?' May 2019, Conférence à 3 voix (avec D. Bekaert, L. Piani), Association Calligrammes/Lycée Poincaré, France.

• ‘A la recherche de la Vie sur Mars (et de petits cailloux sur la Lune, et en Atacama)’ Avril et Mai 2019, set of 2 conferences for high school students, lycée Callot de Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.

•  ‘Voyage vers d'autres mondes terrestres' January 2019, Conférence à 3 voix (avec E. Füri, C. Cartier), Journées Théatre et Sciences - Quitter la Terre, La méridienne, Lunéville, France.

•  ‘A la recherche de la Vie sur Mars’, October 2018, Témoignage et parcours d'une ancienne élève, Lycée Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France.

• 'L'eau dans le système solaire: des météorites à Mars, en passant par la Lune!' June 2018,  Conférence à 3 voix (avec E. Füri, L. Piani), Festival 'tous explorateur', Médiathèque de Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.

• 'L’habitabilité de Mars ? Un problème terrestre', 8 Mars 2018, Journée d'hommage à Louis David, Académie des Sciences, Belles Lettres et Arts de Lyon, France.

• ‘A la recherche de la Vie sur Mars’, September 2017, Isatis Nursing home, Fonsegrives, France.

• ‘A la recherche de la Vie sur Mars- 5 ans de Curiosity !’, August 2017, EHPAD Marie Lehmann/Nursing home, Balma, France.

• ‘Toulouse aux commandes de Curiosity sur Mars’,  June 2017, set of 2 conferences for third- graders (CE2), primary School Sainte-Therese, Colomiers, France.

• ‘Objectif Mars : J’ai un robot, je le pose où ?’, June 2017, festival Ciel en fête, Cite de l’Espace, Toulouse, France.

• ‘A la recherche de la Vie sur Mars’, May 2017, correctional facility of Saint-Sulpice, France.

• ‘Visions d’Atacama – ou comment étudier Mars sur Terre‘,December 2016, Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon, France.

• ‘A la recherche de la Vie sur Mars’, June 2016, invited speaker, general audience, Portes ouvertes de l’Observatoire de Lyon, France.

• ‘Atelier formation des cratères d’impact’, June 2016, presenter, Interactive displays and animations for children, Portes ouvertes de l’Observatoire de Lyon, France.

• ‘La planète Rouge : Tour d’horizon de ses plus grands mystères… et de ses plus grandes découvertes’, May 2014, invited speaker, general audience, Mairie de Vaugirard, Paris, France.

•  ‘A la découverte de la planète rouge’, November 2013, invited speaker, general audience, Royan, France.

• ‘Red Mars’, October 2013, Set of 3 conferences for high-school students, Lycée de l’espace Paul Riquet, Saint-Orens, France.

• ‘A short introduction to researching’, October 2013, Set of 3 conferences for high-school students, Lycée de l’espace Paul Riquet, Saint-Orens, France.

• ‘Mars Curiosities’ September 2013, TEDx-like event, invited speaker for the first Space Day, that took place a part of the open Science days, Podgorica, Montenegro.

• ‘Exploring the Moon’, April 2011, conferences for high-school students, ENS Lyon, France.

• ‘The red planet: Stories of a new world’, April 2011, conferences for high-school students, ENS Lyon, France.

• Being a researcher: what is it really like?”, April 2010, conferences for high-school students, ENS  Lyon, France.

• ‘The red planet: Stories of a new world’, conferences for high-school students, April 2010, ENS Lyon, France.

• ‘Being a researcher: what is it really like?”, May 2009, conferences for high-school students, ENS  Lyon, France.

• ‘The red planet: Stories of a new world’, May 2009, conferences for high-school students, ENS Lyon, France.

Articles in scientific magazines and newspapers

• ‘En Avant Mars’ Bonnes Feuilles The Conversation, September 2022.

• ‘Valles Marineris, mémoire géologique de Mars’ Pour La Science (french version of Scientific American) dossiers spéciaux (réédition), June 2014.

•  ‘Mars en images’, Pour La Science (french version of Scientific American), dossiers spéciaux (réédition), June 2014.

• ‘Valles Marineris, le (très) grand canyon martien’ Ciel et Espace (french version of Sky and Telescope), v.527, April 2014.

• ‘Valles Marineris, mémoire géologique de Mars’ Pour La Science (french version of Scientific American), v.431, August 2013.

•  ‘Mars en images’, Pour La Science (french version of Scientific American), v.431, August 2013.

• ‘Space, one Giant Leap for Education’, Space Times, American Astronautical Society, Issue 2, Volume 2, March-April 2013.

• ‘Les roches de la planète rouge ont parlé’ Le Monde, Edition du 16 Novembre 2012.

Book

• 'En avant Mars! Histoire et avenir de l'odysée martienne'. Avec N. Beck, S. Breton,  2022, EdP Sciences, Hors collection, ISBN 978-2—7598-2610-0, 226 pages. 

• ‘Qu’est-t-il arrivé à Mars ?’, In : « Cinq chercheurs d’avenir », Editions Le Pommier, 2013.

Science Cafés and round tables

-'Astronautes', mini festival scientifique, Féru des Sciences, November 2023, Jarville, France.

- 'La Science des météorites', table ronde, collloque Fripon Vigie-Ciel, June 2023, Paris, France.

- 'Dans les yeux de Thomas Pesquet', projection-débat à "La Filoche", April 2023, Chavigny, France.

- 'En avant Mars !', ateliers participatifs dans 3 BU, December 2022, Nancy, France.

- 'En avant Mars !', atelier au Pavillon des Sciences de Montbélliard, November 2022,  France.

- 'Lire en fête', ateliers sur Mars, médiathèque Roger Birchelberger, October 2022, Forbach, France.

- 'Mars et ça repart', atelier cyclo-rando, May 2022,  Pont-à-Mousson, France.

- ‘Mercure et le système solaire externe: quoi de neuf?', Café-Sciences, théatre de la manufacture, March 2020, Nancy, France.

- ‘Missions martiennes et lunaires', Café-Sciences, théatre de la manufacture, Febrary 2020, Nancy, France.

- ‘L’eau et la matière organique dans le Système Solaire’ Café-Sciences, théatre de la manufacture, October 2019, Nancy, France.

- ‘La SF nous offre… la Lune !’ Table Ronde, Festival Les imaginales, May 2019, Epinal, France.

- ‘Osez !’Table Ronde,  O21/Le Monde Campus, February 2019, Nancy, France.

Public exhibition

- « Le livre sur la Place », présentation de l'ouvrage "En Avant Mars!", September 2022 & 2023.

- « Le désert d'Atacama: Cap sur Mars », at CRPG from 2019 to 2021.

- « De l'autre coté de l'Espace », Musée du fer de Jarville, February 2020.

- « Météorites et missions spatiales », au théatre de la manufacture de Nancy pour les 80 ans du CNRS, Sept-October 2019.

Misc.

• Language skills: French (native), English (fluent), German (basic, B2 certified), Dutch (beginner, A2 certified)

• Certified first aid officer (“Sauveteur Secouriste du Travail”) + received advanced training for medical rescue in isolated / extreme environments

• Formerly, voluntary member of “Les étoiles brillent pour tous” (Non-profit organization that brings science to jailhouses, hospitals and nursing homes). Check out those amazing non-profit organisations!

• Member of “les petits cueilleurs d’étoiles”, participant of the Nancy branch (Non-profit organization that brings space science to the local children hospital in Nancy-Brabois). Check out those amazing non-profit organisations!