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Pierre Marchand

Curriculum Vitae

You can download my full CV here.

Research
Since Jan. 2022 :
  • Postdoctral position at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Toulouse, France. Funded by the ERC "Chemtrip".
  • Dec. 2019 - Dec. 2021:
  • Postdoctral position at the American Museum of Natural History. Funded by the Master of Art of Teaching program.
  • Oct. 2017 - Oct. 2019:
  • Postdoctral position at the Osaka University, Theoretical Astrophysics group. Funded by a long term JSPS fellowship.
  • Oct. 2014 - Sep. 2017 :
  • PhD thesis at Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL) with Gilles Chabrier and Benoît Commerçon.
  • Teaching
    Since Jul. 2020
  • Supervision of M2 student internship in astrophysics.
  • Since Feb. 2022
  • Supervision of M1 students project as a research initiation in astrophysics.
  • Feb. 2015, 2016, 2017 (2 weeks/yr)
  • Teaching and training sessions in mathematics for a competitive examination for last year high school students in economy. (Private tuition company Methodia)
  • 2015-2017 :
  • Examinator for weekly oral examinations for first year mathematics students. (22h, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1)
  • Teaching assistant in mathematics for second year computer science students. (160h, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1)
  • Lecturer on fossil and renewable energy for second year science students. (12h, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1)
  • Outreach
    Dec. 2021 :
  • Scientific consultant for the French translation of the movie of the American Museum of Natural History, "The Big Bang".
  • Sep. 2021 :
  • Public talk for the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association on non-ideal MHD in star formation.
  • Mar. 2021 :
  • Chat moderator for a Youtube live session of the American Museum of Natural History -- answering questions from the chat about the universe.
  • May. 2020 :
  • Participation in an astronomy panel for high school students (1 hour via Zoom).
  • Feb. 2020 :
  • Scientific consultant for the French translation of the new planetarium show of the American Museum of Natural History, "Worlds Beyond Earth".
  • Jun. 2019 :
  • Presentation on star formation for second high school students, Takamatsu, Japan (1 hour)
  • Dec. 2018 :
  • Presentation on the life cycle of stars for second year scientific high school students, Kawanishi, Japan (1 hour)
  • Apr 2015-2017 :
  • "Astro week", Accompanying high school students to visit the planetarium, computing center and Lyon observatory, Lyon, France.
  • 2015-2017 :
  • Presentation of the astrophysics department at the ENS de Lyon and astronomy-related subjects for visiting middle and high school students (∼ 10 x 90 minutes), Lyon, France
  • May 2016 :
  • Presentation of astronomy subjects for 10 years old elementary school children (90 minutes), Lyon, France
  • Mar 2012 :
  • "Nuit de l’equinoxe", Public gathering of the astronomy clubs of Lyon, representing the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France.
  • Education
    2014-2017 :
  • PhD in Astrophysics at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
  • 2013-2014 :
  • Master in Astronomy and Astrophysics at Observatoire de Paris.
  • 2010-2013 :
  • Engineer's degree in Energy at Ecole Centrale de Lyon.
  • 2008-2010 :
  • CPGE, MPSI/MP* at Chaptal school, Paris. Two years of intensive mathematics and physics to prepare competitive examinations.
  • Computer Skills
    Programming languages :
  • Fortran, Julia, Bash, Python, C++, HTML, CSS
  • Operating Systems :
  • Linux, Windows
  • Softwares :
  • Gnuplot, Matlab, MAPLE, Excel, Word, Blender
  • Other :
  • Parallel computing
  • Languages
    French :
  • Native
  • English :
  • Fluent
  • Japanese :
  • Conversational
  • Spanish :
  • Beginner