Thomas Cornet

    Planetary Scientist

     

    Main Research Fields

    My main research field deals with the physico-chemical characterization of planetary surfaces and their evolution. 

    I am particularly interested in the surface processes affecting the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter, especially Saturn's major moon Titan, and more recently Mercury. My research encompasses several fields such as comparative planetology, thermodynamics of solid-liquid equilibrium modeling, landscape evolution modeling, infrared spectroscopy and photometry analyses, radiative transfer modeling, radar SAR modeling, ...


    Keywords

    • Comparative planetology
    • Planetary surfaces
    • Landscape Evolution Modeling
    • Radiative transfer, spectroscopy, photometry
    • Thermodynamics
    • Image processing and mapping (IR, VIS, radar SAR)
    • Titan, Saturn and Jupiter icy moons, Mercury

    Ongoing collaborations

    Titan: B. Seignovert (JPL/Caltech, USA), S. Rodriguez (IPGP, Univ. Paris-Diderot, FR), S. Le Mouélic, O. Bourgeois (LPG Nantes, Univ. Nantes, FR), D. Cordier (GSMA, Univ. Reims, FR), C. Fleurant (LETG, Univ. Angers, FR), M. Malaska (JPL/Caltech, USA)...

    Icy moons: I. Belgacem, N. Altobelli, C. Vallat (ESA/ESAC, SP), F. Schmidt, G. Cruz-Mermy (GEOPS, FR, NPI project).

    Mercury: S. Besse, C. Muñoz (ESA/ESAC, SP), O. Barraud, A. Doressoundiram (LESIA).

    Publications

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    Project/mission at ESA

    Project: BepiColombo

    Role: Data Analysis & Operations Scientist

    Scientifically involved with Cassini, JWST, JUICE for icy moons studies.

    Scientifically involved with MESSENGER and BepiColombo for Mercury studies.