Staff

• CR - CNRS
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 68
  
• nicolas.nardetto at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research: distance scale (Araucaria Project) with cepheids and eclipsing binaries (VEGA, SPICA/CHARA)
  
• Webpage
  

• Professor
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 63
• philippe.bendjoya at unice.fr
• Location: Fizeau - Valrose
• Research : Asteroids and evolved stars, Astrobiology (Master Mauca - M2)
  

• CR CNRS
• +33 (0)4 92 00 30 56
• lbigot at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research : 3D MHD, seismology, dynamo of Sun & star, exoplanet detection (OCA-PLATO)
  

• CR - CNRS
  
• +33 (0)4 92 00 30 27
• andrea.chiavassa at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research : Stellar spectroscopy and convection, Interferometry, Exoplanet atmospheres, 3D models (OPTIM3D)
  
• webpage

• Astronome adjoint
  
• +33 (0)4 92 00 30 49
• thierry.corbard at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research : Helioseismology, Solar weather & Physics, Inversion (MeteoSpace)
  
• webpage
  

• Astronome Adjoint
• +33 (0)4 92 00 30 41
• orlagh.creevey at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
  
• Research : Stellar and planetary fundamental parameters, stellar populations (Gaia)
  

• Astronome adjoint
  
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 71
• armando.domiciano at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
• Research: High angular and high spectral resolution of massive stars - Rotation, mass loss, environnement (CHARRON, HDUST, FRACS, ESTER codes). AMHRA/MOIO/JMMC coordinator.

• Professor
• +33 (0)4 92 00 63 46
• marianne.faurobert at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
• Research : Solar magnetic fields, non-LTE radiative transfer of polarized radiation, High angular resolution observations.

• Astronome adjoint
  
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 79
• eric.lagadec at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research : environment of evolved stars (SPHERE/VLT, DUSTY)
  

Astrid Lamberts

• CR - CNRS
  
• astrid.lamberts at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose + Mt Gros - Maison Jumelles
  
• Research: compact binaries, gravitationnal waves predictions

• CR - CNRS
• +33 (0)4 92 07 19 74
• anthony.meilland at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
  
• Research : Interferometry - Massive stars - mass loss & Environments (MATISSE/VLTI)
  

• CR - CNRS
  
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 73
• djamel.mekarnia at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research : ASTEP project
  

• Astronome adjoint
• +33 (0)4 92 00 30 68
• florentin.millour at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
  
• Research : Imaging & Long-baseline interferometry, AMBER, MATISSE, Massive stars
• webpage

• Astronome
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 59
• denis.mourard at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
• Research : PI of VEGA and SPICA/CHARA interferometric instruments, hypertelescopes
  

• Assistant professor
• +33 (0)4 92 04 19 74 or +33 (0)4 92 00 19 74
• gilles.niccolini at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
• Research : L3 coordinator, environment of evolved stars (FRACS code)
  

• DR CNRS - Head of Lagrange Laboratory
  
• +33 (4) 92 00 31 17
• Philippe.Stee at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau-Valrose / PES-Mont Gros
  
• Research: Massive stars : winds, optical interferometry, radiative transfert.
• webpage

Mathis Houlle

• Postdoc (start Automn 2022 / ANR ExoVLTI)
  
• Mathis.Houlle at oca.eu
• Location : Valrose
  
• Research: Gravity+

Roxanne Ligi

• Postdoc (start Automn 2022 / ERC ISSP)
  
• Roxanne.Ligi at oca.eu
• Location : Valrose
  
• Research : SPICA (Exoplanet Host Stars)
  

Romina Ibanez

• Postdoc (start Automn 2022 / ERC ISSP)
  
• Romina.Ibanez at oca.eu
• Location : Valrose
  
• Research : SPICA (Surface-Brightness Color Relations)
  

Shanika Galaudage

• Postdoc (start Automn 2022 / ANR COSMERGE)
  
• Shanika.Galaudage at oca.eu
• Location : Valrose
  
• Research : Progenitors of Gravitational Waves
  

• Astronomer
• +33 (0)4 92 00 xx xx
• Pierre.Morel at oca.eu
• Location :
• Research : Stellar structure and evolution (star evolution code CESAM)
  
• webpage

• Astronomer
• +33 (0)4 92 00 30 79
• janine.provost at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros

• Astronomer emeritus
  
• yves.rabbia at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
  

• DR - CNRS
  
• frederic.thevenin at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
• Research: radiative transfer, NLTE, interferometry, asterosismology

• Astronome
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 66
• Chelli at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research : Interferometry, catalogues of angular diameters, ...

• Astronome
• Farrokh.vakili at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research : Interferometry, Be, wind, P Cyg
  

• Astronome
• Eric.Fossat at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research : Heliosismology

• PhD. supervisor A. Chiavassa (defense: 2022)
  
• mmaimone -at- oca.eu
• Location: PES - Mont Gros
  
• Atmosphere of exoplanets and host stars by high spectral resolution
  

• PhD. supervisor O. Creevey (defense: 2022)
  
• dinil-bose.palakkatharappil -at- oca.eu
• Location: PES - Mont Gros
  
• Age of stars. Asteroseismology. TESS/PLATO.
  

• PhD. supervisor D. Mourard & F. Cassing (ONERA) (defense: 2022)
  
• Cyril.Pannetier -at- oca.eu
• Location: Fizeau - Valrose
  
• Development of CHARA/SPICA instrument. Fringe-Tracker (SPICA-FT) characterization

• PhD. supervisor M. Faurobert & G. Niccolini (defense: 2022)
  
• Jeremy.Perdigon -at- oca.eu
• Location: Fizeau - Valrose
  
• Radiative transfer in circumstellar environment

• PhD. supervisor P. Cruzalebes & F. Millour (defense: 2023)
  
• Julien.Drevon -at- oca.eu
• Location: PES - Mont Gros
  
• Research: Evolved stars with MATISSE/VLTI
  

• PhD. supervisor A. Lamberts & Marie-Anne Bizouard (defense: 2023)
  
• Rahul.Srinivasan - at - oca.eu
• Location: Valrose - Mont Gros
  
• Research: Stellar Black Holes in Universe
  

• PhD. supervisor A. Lamberts (defense: 2024  / ANR COSMERGE)
  
• Tristan.Bruel - at - oca.eu
• Location: Valrose
  
• Research: Study of black hole binaries formation channels
  

• PhD. supervisors A. Domiciano and A. Meilland (defense: 2025  / ANR MASSIF)
  
• Margaux.Abello - at - oca.eu
• Location: Valrose
  
• Research: Study of massive stars, interferometry
  

• PhD. supervisors A. Chiavassa (defense: 2025  / ANR PEPPER)
  
• Elysabeth Beguin - at - oca.eu
• Location: Valrose/PES
  
• Research: Study of evolved stars: magnetism, convection, mass loss
  

• PhD. supervisor D. Mourard (defense: 2025  / ERC ISSP)
  
• Juraj.Jonak - at - oca.eu
• Location: Valrose/PES
  
• Research: Study of binaries with SPICA
  

• Astronome, retired
  
• Research : asterosismology, analysis of CoRoT and ASTEP data
  

• CR - CNRS
• +33 (0)4 92 00 30 41
• luc.dessart at oca.eu
• Location : Paris Observatory
  
• Research :Supernova, massive stars, white dwarfs, stellar evolution, radiative hydrodynamics & transfer
• webpage

• Astronome
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 89
• thierry.lanz at oca.eu
• Location : CION - Mont Gros
• Research: radiative transfer, atmospheric models, abundances, ...

• DR - CNRS
  
• Claire.Michaut at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
  
• Research : Laboratory astrophysics

• Ingenieur de recherche, service éducatif de l'OCA
  
• +33 (0)4 92 00 19 61
• olga.suarez at oca.eu
• Location : PES - Mont Gros
• Research: radio interferometry, water fountains

• PhD. 12/2016 (Supervisor T. Corbard)
• Actual position: CRAAG
• Research : Solar Physics - Atmospheric turbulence

• PhD. 2016
• Research : Adaptive optics of cluster R136

• PhD. 2015
• Research : Interferometry - Surface Brightness relations

• PhD. coSupervisor E. Lagadec (defense: 2018)
  
• Research : evolved stars

• PhD. supervisor Van Eck (Bruxelles) & A. Chiavassa (defense: 2019)
  
• Research: Tomography of convective layers in evolved stars

• Ph.D. (11/2010-10/2013)
• roxanne.ligi at oca.eu
• Research : Interferometry, Stellar diameters, surface activity.

• PhD. supervisor L. Dessart (defense: 2018)
  
• Research : Core collapse Supernovae and progenitor

• PhD. supervisor D. Mourard & K. Perraut (Grenoble) (defense: 2018)
  
• Research: Interferometry - FRIEND instrument

• PhD. Grant Thales Ariane Space/Région (10/2008-02/2012) PACA (Supervisor L. Bigot & F. Thévenin)
• Actual position : Postdocs University of Bruxelles ULB (Belgium)
• Research : NLTE line transfer, stellar atmospheres & populations
• webpage

• Postdoc 2011-2013 CNES (T. Corbard) 2016-2017 CEA, Lagrange 2020 (MATISSE and SPICA)
  
• Research : Helio and asteroseismology

• Ph.D. (F. Thévenin OCA, A. Valenari Padova)
• Actual position : postdoc
• Research : stellar evolution and rotation.

• PhD. supervisor F. Millour & B. Lopez (defense: 2018)
  
• Research: massive stars

• PhD. Grant Thales Ariane Space/Région PACA (Supervisor L. Bigot & D. Mary)
• Actual position : postdoc
• Research : Stellar noise study & exoplanet detection

• PhD. Supervisor A. Meilland & A. Domiciano (defense: 23/11/2020)
  
• Research : massive stars (O, Be, LBV) and circumstellar environment (discs, winds, mass loss)
• Current position: post-doc at Research Instituto de Física y Astronomía/Universidad de Valparaíso (supervisor: Michel Curé)
• www.elissondealmeida.com

• PhD. supervisor A. Domiciano & D. Reese (Paris) (defense: 2019)
  
• Research: 2D models of fast rotating stars constrained by interferometry and asterosismology

• PhD. supervisor N. Nardetto & E. Lagadec (defense: 2020)
• Research: Environment of Cepheids, distance scale
• Post-Doc in Poland (Araucaria Project) with R. Smolec on evolutionnary model of Cepheids including pulsation and mass loss

• PhD. supervisor N. Nardetto & D. Mourard (defense: 2021)
  
• Research: Surface-Brigthness color relations, eclipsing binaries, distance scale
• Find a position at Sophia-Antipolis
  

Fabien Patru

• Postdoc 2019
  
• Research: SPICA finge tracker

Simone Mastrogiovanni

• Postdoc (start Automn 2021 / ANR COSMERGE)
  
• Simone.Mastrogiovanni at oca.eu
• Location : Fizeau - Valrose
  
• Research: Statistical interpretation of black hole coalescences

Fabian Menezes

• Postdoc (start Automn 2021 / ANR PEPPER)
  
• Menezes.Fabian at oca.eu
• Location : PES - mont Gros
  
• Research: magneto-hydrodynamic modeling of evolved stars