Ines Belgacem
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I am a planetary scientist focusing on studying icy surfaces of the solar system through spectrophotmetry. I am primarily interested in the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn. I worked on ESA's JUICE mission for 7 years studying the photometric response of the surfaces of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. My main goal is to better understand the link between spectrophotometry and the microtexture of planetary surfaces.
Education
2019: PhD in Planetary Science, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
2016: Master of Engineering in Space Systems, ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France
2016: Master of science in Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Professional Experience
2020-2023: Research Fellow at the European Space Agency (Science Directorate), Madrid, Spain.
2019-2020: Postdoctoral researcher at Géoscience Paris Saclay (CNRS), Orsay, France.
2017-2022: Occasional lecturer and student project supervisor at ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France.
2016-2019: PhD student researcher at Géosciences Paris Saclay, Orsay, France.
Community Service
2023-now: Guest co-editor of Icarus' special issue "Ices in the solar system"
2020-now: Co-chair of the Europlanet Early Career Network
2019-now: member of Executive Committee of Europlanet's French hub
2022: SOC member for the Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics (PSIDA) Conference, Madrid, Spain
Research Interests
Icy moons, photometry, image processing, surface microtexture
Selected Awards
2020: International Visitor Leadership Program (U.S. Department of State)
2018: Amelia Earhart Fellowship (Zonta International)
Selected Publications
- G. Cruz Mermy, F. Schmidt, F. Andrieu, T. Cornet, I. Belgacem and N. Altobelli, Selection of chemical species for Europa’s surface using Galileo/NIMS, Icarus, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115379
- I. Belgacem, F. Schmidt, G. Jonniaux, Regional study of Ganymede’s photometry, Icarus, 2021,
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114631
- I. Belgacem, G. Jonniaux, F. Schmidt, Image processing for precise geometry determination, Planetary and Space Science, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105081
- I. Belgacem, F. Schmidt, G. Jonniaux, Regional study of Europa’s photometry, Icarus, 2020,
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113525
- A. Lagain, et al. (incl, I. Belgacem), Mars Crater Database: A participative project for the classification of the morphological characteristics of large Martian craters, in Reimold, W.U., and Koeberl, C., eds., Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI: Geological Society of America Special Paper 550, p. 1–16, https://doi .org/10.1130/2021.2550(29)
- S. M. Clegg, et al. (incl, I. Belgacem), Recalibration of the Mars Science Laboratory ChemCam instrument with an expanded geochemical database. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.12.003
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