CURRICULUM VITAE

 
 

MICHEL Patrick

  • Born the 25th of February, 1970 in Saint-Tropez (France)
  • French Nationality
  • Single
  • Professional Address:
    • Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur,
    UMR 6529 Cassini / CNRS
    B.P. 4229
    06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
    Tel: (+33) 4 92 00 30 55
    Fax: (+33) 4 92 00 31 21

                 Email:michel@obs-nice.fr
  • Languages (reading, writing, speaking): English, Italian, French


    • Education :

    2004 : Habilitation to Manage Researches. Thesis title: ``From the fragmentation to the gravitational evolution of asteroids''. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis.

    1997 : PhD in Physics from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (with Honours and Congratulations of the Jury). Thesis title: ``Dynamical evolution of Near-Earth asteroids''. Defense of the thesis: April 3rd 1997.

    1994 : Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies (with Honours), Speciality: Imaging, Astronomy and High Angular Resolution, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Four-month research: ``Numerical integrations of chaotic orbits, effects of close encounters with the Earth: case of the asteroid Toutatis'' at Nice Observatory under the responsability of Ch. Froeschle and P. Farinella.

    1993 : Engineer in Aeronautics and Space Sciences.

    Awards:

    Prize Young Researcher 2006 of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (SF2A)

    Asteroid 7561 PatrickMichel (International Astronomical Union, IAU, designation)

    Research Activities:

    10/1999- : Permanent Researcher at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in the Cassini Department of the Cote d'Azur Observatory (Nice, France). Researches on the origin and dynamics of different population of small bodies in the Solar System (Near-Earth, Mars-crosser, Main Belt asteroids), on the formation of planetesimals and planetary accretion, on collisional physics applied to the disruption of asteroidal bodies.

    10/1997-09/1999 : ESA External Fellowship at Torino Observatory (Italy) in the group of Dynamical Planetology (Director V. Zappala). Researches on dynamics of small bodies and physics of collisions. Research topic: origin of Near-Earth objects and meteorites.

    10/1994-04/1997 : PhD student in the group of Dynamical Planetology of the Cassini laboratory at Nice Observatory. Study of the dynamical evolution of Near-Earth asteroids; development of semi-analytical methods which allowed to compute for the first time the location of linear secular resonances and their effects in the region of the terrestrial planets (orbital semimajor axes smaller than 2 AU).

    Other Scientific Experiences:

    01/1993-04/1993 : Optical/mechanical study and design of a photometer with optical fibres at the Fresnel Departement of Nice Observatory.

    07/1992-08/1992 : Observational studies of a variable star with a photometer using optical fibres at the Fresnel Departement of Nice Observatory. Analysis of data obtained during the observations in order to test the photometer efficiency and the software which recolts datas.

    Administrative Activities:

    Leader of the Group of Planetology of the laboratory Cassiopee of the Côte d'Azur Observatory

    Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal Icarus

    Member of the Organisation Commitee (local and/or scientific) or main organizer of several international meetings of Planetary Sciences

    Elected Member of the Conseil d'Adminitration and Conseil Scientifique of the Côte d'Azur Observatory

    In charge of scientific relations with medias for the Côte d'Azur Observatory

    Member of the SIVAM II Commitee aimed at defining the optimal parallel architecture for the parallel simulations at the Côte d'Azur Observatory

    Public Activities

    President of the Astronomical Society of Cannes

    Popular conferences for the Astronomical French Society, the Lyons and Rotary Clubs, Cannes-University, The Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen (Nice), the Collège Paul Valéry, the PARSEC association (Nice, astrorama).

    Scientific articles on Asteroids and Comets in the Encyclopaedia Universalis

    Contribution to Scientific Articles in the Journals Ciel & Espace, Science et Vie, Science et Avenir, La Recherche

    Participation to TV and Radio shows on asteroids and planetary formation

    Membership in Professional Societies:

    - American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Sciences

    - International Astronomical Union (IAU), Commission 15.

    - Société Française d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique (SF2A)

    - New York Academy of Sciences

    Journals served as manuscript referee:

    Icarus  -  Planetary and Space Sciences - Science - Nature - Journal of Geophysical Research - Advances in Space Research- Earth, Moon & Planets