Lucas Lange
Biography
Lucas Lange is a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he models the thermodynamical conditions at the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons, to support the future interpretation of E-THEMIS measurements aboard the Europa Clipper mission. He specializes in the analysis of visible and thermal infrared data, as well as climate modeling. His research also explores the evolution of the Martian climate over the past million years in response to obliquity-driven changes, and the interactions between planetary surfaces and their atmospheres.
Education
Lucas Lange obtained an engineering degree from ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, France, in 2021. In the same year, he also obtained a Master of Science in Astrophysics and Planetary Science from the University of Toulouse. He then pursued a PhD in Planetary Science at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (CNRS/Sorbonne Université) in Paris, where he studied and modeled the dynamics of water and CO₂ ice on Mars.
Professional Experience
2021–2024: PhD Student, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris (CNRS/Sorbonne Université)
Jan 2025 – Apr 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris (CNRS/Sorbonne Université)
Apr 2025 – Present: NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Research Interests
Atmosphere–surface interactions
Modeling of icy surfaces on planetary bodies, with a focus on Mars and Europa
Global climate modeling of present and past Martian climates