Positions

Since October 2017    CNRS associate researcher at LATMOS laboratory, Guyancourt, France

2017    CNES Postdoctoral Fellow at PIIM laboratory, Marseille, France

2016    USRA Visiting Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

2014-2016    NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

2013-2014    Postdoctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute For Solar System Exploration, Göttingen, Germany

2010-2013    Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant at Université de Versailles St-Quentin, Guyancourt, France

2010-2013    Ph.D. Student at Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany

Achievements and Awards

2020      ANR young PI research grant (PI)

2020      Co-I of the MIRS instrument aboard the MMX mission

2016       Young Postdoctoral Scientist Award of the French Astrobiological Society

2016       CNES Postdoctoral Fellowship

2016       NASA Cassini Data Analysis Program Research Grant (Science PI)

2015       NASA Habitable Worlds Program Research Grant (co-I)

2014       NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship

2011       Long-term DAAD research grand for international Ph.D. studies

2009       ERASMUS, European Student Exchange Program Grant

Education

2013     Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics - UVSQ (France) - Laboratory synthesis of Titan's aerosols analogues.

2013     Ph.D. in Plasma Physics - Ruhr Universität Bochum (Germany).

2010     M.S. in Planetary Science - Parcours Planétologie d'Ile de France

2008    B.S. in Physics and Chemistry applied to environmental sciences - Université de Versailles St-Quentin (UVSQ)

Professional and Community Service

Database manager for the Spectroscopy of Planetary Aerosols Analgoues (SPAN) database.

Board member for the Astrophysics Graduate School Paris Saclay

Numerous public outreach events (AstroBar, Science Festival, Public Conferences)

Local Organizing Committee and Science Organizing Committee for several national and european astrobiology conferences since 2013.

Reviewer for Nature Communications, ApJL, IcarusPlanetary and Space Science and Plasma Processes and Polymers

Panel for several NASA grant programs as external reviewer, panelist and panel chair

Teaching Atmospheric Chemistry and Observational Astronomy to the Paris Planetary Science Master

Selected Publications

For a detailed up to date list of publication please check: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9794-5056

Article dans une revue

2024

Phobos photometric properties from Mars Express HRSC observations
Fornasier S., Wargnier A., Hasselmann P., Tirsch D., Matz K.-D., Doressoundiram A., Gautier T., Barucci M.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2024, 686, pp.A203. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202449220⟩- insu-04520742

Optical constants of exoplanet haze analogs from 0.3 to 30 µm: Comparative sensitivity between spectrophotometry and ellipsometry
Drant T., Garcia-Caurel E., Perrin Z., Sciamma-O’brien E., Carrasco N., Vettier L., Gautier T., Brubach J.-B., Roy P., Kitzmann D., Heng K.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2024, 682, pp.A6. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202346820⟩- insu-04428483

Grain size effects on the infrared spectrum of mineral mixtures with dark components: New laboratory experiments to interpret low-albedo rocky planetary surfaces
Poggiali G., Fossi L., Wargnier A., Beccarelli J., Brucato J. R., Barucci M. A., Beck P., Matsuoka M., Nakamura T., Merlin F., Fornasier S., et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2024, 685, pp.A14. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202347681⟩- hal-04564851

Spectro-photometry of Phobos simulants I. Detectability of hydrated minerals and organic bands
Wargnier A., Gautier T., Doressoundiram A., Poggiali G., Beck P., Poch O., Quirico E., Nakamura T., Miyamoto H., Kameda S., Hasselmann P., et al.
Icarus, 2024, 421, pp.116216. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116216⟩- hal-04671992

Reanalysis of the Huygens GCMS dataset. I. High-resolution methane vertical profile in the atmosphere of Titan
Gautier T., Serigano J., Das K., Coutelier M., Hörst S., Szopa C., Vinatier S., Trainer M. G.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2024, 690, pp.A165. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202244583⟩- insu-04691184

2023

Development of a new Phobos spectral simulant: spectral properties from visible to the mid-infrared range
Wargnier A., Poggiali G., Doressoundiram A., Gautier T., Beck P., Buch A., Ruscassier N., Fornasier S., Barucci M.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023, 524 (3), pp.3809-3820. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stad2132⟩- hal-04191010

Humid Evolution of Haze in the Atmosphere of Super-Earths in the Habitable Zone
Maillard J., Carrasco N., Rüger C., Chatain A., Schmitz-Afonso I., Weisbrod C., Bailly L., Petit E., Gautier T., Mckenna A., Afonso C.
Astrobiology, 2023, 23 (6), pp.723-732. ⟨10.1089/ast.2022.0021⟩- insu-04116316

Organic detection in the near-infrared spectral Phobos regolith laboratory analogue in preparation for the Martian Moon eXploration mission
Wargnier A., Gautier T., Poch O., Beck P., Quirico E., Buch A., Drant T., Perrin Z., Doressoundiram A.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2023, 669 (January), A146 (11p.). ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202245294⟩- insu-03894063

On a radiolytic origin of red organics at the surface of the Arrokoth Trans-Neptunian Object
Quirico E., Bacmann A., Wolters C., Augé B., Flandinet L., Launois T., Cooper J., Vuitton V., Gautier T., Jovanovic L., Boduch P., et al.
Icarus, 2023, 394 (April), pp.115396. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115396⟩- insu-03901032

2022

Moonraker: Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission
Mousis O., Bouquet A., Langevin Y., André N., Boithias H., Durry G., Faye F., Hartogh P., Helbert J., Iess L., Kempf S., et al.
The Planetary Science Journal, 2022, 3, 268 (12pp). ⟨10.3847/psj/ac9c03⟩- insu-03895409

The Mars system revealed by the Martian Moons eXploration mission
Ogohara K., Nakagawa H., Aoki S., Kouyama T., Usui T., Terada N., Imamura T., Montmessin F., Brain D., Doressoundiram A., Gautier T., et al.
Earth Planets and Space, 2022, 74, pp.1. ⟨10.1186/s40623-021-01417-0⟩- insu-03510824

Compositional Measurements of Saturn’s Upper Atmosphere and Rings from Cassini INMS: An Extended Analysis of Measurements from Cassini’s Grand Finale Orbits
Serigano J., Hörst S. M., He C., Gautier T., Yelle R. V., Koskinen T. T., Trainer M. G., Radke M.
Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 2022, 127 (6), pp.e2022JE007238. ⟨10.1029/2022JE007238⟩- insu-03670148

ESA’s Cometary Mission Rosetta – Re‐Characterization of the COSAC Mass Spectrometry Results
Leseigneur G., Bredehöft J. H., Gautier T., Giri C., Krüger H., Macdermott A., Meierhenrich U., Muñoz Caro G., Raulin F., Steele A., Steininger H., et al.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61 (29), pp.e202201925. ⟨10.1002/anie.202201925⟩- insu-03650139

Science goals and new mission concepts for futureexploration of Titan’s atmosphere, geologyand habitability: titan POlar scout/orbitEr and in situ lakelander and DrONe explorer (POSEIDON)
Rodriguez S., Vinatier S., Cordier D., Tobie G., Achterberg R. K., Anderson C. M., Badman S. V., Barnes J. W., Barth E. L., Bézard B., Carrasco N., et al.
Experimental Astronomy, 2022, 54, pp.911-973. ⟨10.1007/s10686-021-09815-8⟩- hal-03395339

COSAC's Only Gas Chromatogram Taken on Comet 67P/Churyumov‐Gerasimenko
Leseigneur G., Bredehöft J. H., Gautier T., Giri C., Krüger H., Macdermott A., Meierhenrich U., Muñoz Caro G., Raulin F., Steele A., Szopa C., et al.
ChemPlusChem, 2022, 87 (6), pp.e202200116. ⟨10.1002/cplu.202200116⟩- hal-04266821

2021

MIRS: an imaging spectrometer for the MMX mission
Barucci M. A., Reess J.-M., Bernardi P., Doressoundiram A., Fornasier S., Le Du M., Iwata T., Nakagawa H., Nakamura T., André Y., Aoki S., et al.
Earth Planets and Space, 2021, 73, pp.211. ⟨10.1186/s40623-021-01423-2⟩- insu-03474821

Testing tholins as analogues of the dark reddish material covering Pluto’s Cthulhu region
Fayolle M., Quirico E., Schmitt B., Gautier T., Jovanovic L., Carrasco N., Grundy W., Vuitton V., Poch O., Protopapa S., Young L., et al.
Icarus, 2021, 367 (October), pp.114574. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114574⟩- insu-03248115

Infrared spectroscopy quantification of functional carbon groups in kerogens and coals: A calibration procedure
Phan V. T., Quirico E., Beck P., Le Brech Y., Jovanovic L., Le Guillou C., Bernard S., Bonal L., Carrasco N., Gautier T., Raya J.
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy [1994-..], 2021, 259 (October), pp.119853. ⟨10.1016/j.saa.2021.119853⟩- insu-03208201

Imaging Titan’s Organic Haze at Atomic Scale
Schulz F., Maillard J., Kaiser K., Schmitz-Afonso I., Gautier T., Afonso C., Carrasco N., Gross L.
The Astrophysical journal letters, 2021, 908, L13(11pp). ⟨10.3847/2041-8213/abd93e⟩- insu-03141605

Suggested plausible structures for Titan's haze analogs using tandem mass spectrometry
Maillard J., Schmitz-Afonso I., Gautier T., Afonso C., Carrasco N.
Icarus, 2021, 358 (April), pp.114181. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114181⟩- insu-02982671

Optical constants of Pluto aerosol analogues from UV to near-IR
Jovanovic L., Gautier T., Broch L., Protopapa S., Bertrand T., Rannou P., Fayolle M., Quirico E., Johann L., Naciri A. E., Carrasco N.
Icarus, 2021, 162 (July), pp.114398. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114398⟩- insu-03154248

2020

Optimization of ion trajectories in a dynamically harmonized Fourier‐Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance cell using a Design of Experiments strategy
Maillard J., Ferey J., Rüger C. P., Schmitz-Afonso I., Bekri S., Gautier T., Carrasco N., Afonso C., Tebani A.
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2020, 34 (7), pp.e8659. ⟨10.1002/rcm.8659⟩- insu-02395300

Structural elucidation of soluble organic matter: Application to Titan's haze
Maillard J., Hupin S., Carrasco N., Schmitz-Afonso I., Gautier T., Afonso C.
Icarus, 2020, 340, pp.113627. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113627⟩- insu-02436390

Disk-resolved Photometric Properties of Pluto and the Coloring Materials across its Surface
Protopapa S., Olkin C. B., Grundy W. M., Li J.-Y., Verbiscer A., Cruikshank D. P., Gautier T., Quirico E., Cook J. C., Reuter D., Howett C. J. A., et al.
The Astronomical Journal, 2020, 159 (2), pp.74. ⟨10.3847/1538-3881/ab5e82⟩- insu-02468367

Positive Ion Chemistry in an N2-CH4 Plasma Discharge: Key Precursors to the Growth of Titan Tholins
Dubois D., Carrasco N., Jovanovic L., Vettier L., Gautier T., Westlake J.
Icarus, 2020, 338 (1 March), pp.art. 113437. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113437⟩- insu-02305252

Laboratory experiments to unveil the molecular reactivity occurring during the processing of ices in the protosolar nebula
Gautier T., Danger G., Mousis O., Duvernay F., Vuitton V., Flandinet L., Thissen R., Orthous-Daunay F.-R., Ruf A., Chiavassa T., d'Hendecourt L. S.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020, 531 (1 February), pp.art. 116011. ⟨10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116011⟩- hal-02396048

High‐resolution mass spectrometry for future space missions: Comparative analysis of complex organic matter with LAb‐CosmOrbitrap and laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance
Selliez L., Maillard J., Cherville B., Gautier T., Thirkell L., Gaubicher B., Schmitz-Afonso I., Afonso C., Briois C., Carrasco N.
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2020, 34 (10), pp.e8645. ⟨10.1002/rcm.8645⟩- insu-02343359

On an EUV atmospheric simulation chamber to study the photochemical processes of titan's atmosphere
Bourgalais J., Carrasco N., Vettier L., Gautier T., Blanchet V., Petit S., Descamps D., Fedorov N., Delos R., Gaudin J.
Scientific Reports, 2020, 10, pp.10009. ⟨10.1038/s41598-020-66950-6⟩- insu-02879249

Chemical composition of Pluto aerosol analogues
Jovanovic L., Gautier T., Vuitton V., Wolters C., Bourgalais J., Buch A., Orthous-Daunay F.-R., Vettier L., Flandinet L., Carrasco N.
Icarus, 2020, 346, pp.113774. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113774⟩- insu-02533967

Interaction dust – plasma in Titan's ionosphere: An experimental simulation of aerosols erosion
Chatain A., Carrasco N., Ruscassier N., Gautier T., Vettier L., Guaitella O.
Icarus, 2020, 345, pp.113741. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113741⟩- insu-02506044

Compositional Measurements of Saturn's Upper Atmosphere and Rings from Cassini INMS
Serigano J., Hörst S. M., He C., Gautier T., Yelle R. V., Koskinen T. T., Trainer M. G.
Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 2020, 125 (8), pp.e2020JE006427. ⟨10.1029/2020JE006427⟩- insu-02733230

Decomposition of electron ionization mass spectra for space application using a Monte‐Carlo approach
Gautier T., Serigano J., Bourgalais J., Hörst S., Trainer M. G.
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2020, 34 (8), pp.e8684. ⟨10.1002/rcm.8684⟩- insu-02393452

2019

Structural Study of Analogues of Titan’s Haze by Trapped Ion Mobility Coupled with a Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Mass Spectrometer
Rüger C. P., Maillard J., Le Maître J., Ridgeway M., Thompson C., Schmitz-Afonso I., Gautier T., Carrasco N., Park M., Giusti P., Afonso C.
Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2019, 30 (7), pp.1169-1173. ⟨10.1007/s13361-019-02205-7⟩- insu-02123537

2018

Comparison of soluble and insoluble organic matter in analogues of Titan's aerosols
Maillard J., Carrasco N., Schmitz-Afonso I., Gautier T., Afonso C.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018, 495, pp.185-191. ⟨10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.014⟩- insu-01802505

Detection Opportunity for Aromatic Signature in Titan's Aerosols in the 4.1–5.3 μm Range
Mathé C., Gautier T., Trainer M. G., Carrasco N.
The Astrophysical journal letters, 2018, 861 (2), pp.art. L25. ⟨10.3847/2041-8213/aacf88⟩- insu-01838461

2017

Decay of COSAC and Ptolemy mass spectra at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Krüger H., Goesmann F., Giri C., Wright I., Morse A., Bredehöft J. H., Ulamec S., Cozzoni B., Ehrenfreund P., Gautier T., Mckenna-Lawlor S., et al.
Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2017, 600, A56 (7 p.). ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201630286⟩- hal-01452008