| Pr Cyril SZOPA Curriculum Vitae ( 
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Contact
: cyril.szopa@latmos.ipsl.fr |
| Pr Cyril SZOPA Curriculum Vitae (
version) |
Contact
: cyril.szopa@latmos.ipsl.fr |
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EDUCATION
AND EXPERIENCE
2026-2031 Senior member of Institut
Universitaire de France (IUF)
2015-2020 Junior member of Institut
Universitaire de France (IUF)
Since
2013 Full professor at University of Versailles
Saint Quentin (UVSQ),
Speciality Astronomy & Astrophysics (section CNU 34)
2012
Entitled to supervise researches
(HDR), Sorbonne
Université
2004-2013
Associate Professor at Sorbonne Université
2002-2004
Postdoctoral researcher at Centre
National d’Etudes Spatiales
2001-2002
Assistant Professor at University
Paris Cité
1998-2001
Ph.D. at University
Paris Est Créteil
1998-2001 Teaching assistant at University
Paris Cité (Chimie)
1997-1998 Master 2 (M.S. Res.) of Chemistry
and Physics of Atmospheric Pollution, University
Paris Est Créteil
1995-1997 License (B.S.) and Master 1 (M.S.)
of Chemical Physics, Sorbonne Université
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 Dragonfly site visit et APL in 2019 (USA) |
 Chemical analysis of gases produced with PAMPRE at CentraleSupelec (2009) |
MAIN
RESEARCH TOPICS AND SKILLS Astrochemistry of planetary
environments and small bodies
Exobiology/Astrobiology
Chemistry and physics of the
Earth and its atmosphere
General and analytical chemistry Comets/Mars/Titan/Europa/Enceladus/Ceres/Phobos/Asteroids/Moon Space instrumentation for
chemical analyses (in situ more particularly)
Laboratory experiments to study organic physical chemistry of planetary environments Analytical chemistry (gas & liquid chromatography, pyrolysis, derivatization, mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy (UV-vis-IR) |
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INVOLVEMENT
IN SPACE MISSIONS
AND LABORATORY
EXPERIMENTS
MAIN
PROJECTS
Since 2019
Co-investigator of the Dragonfly mission and Deputy-Principal
Investigator of the gas
chromatograph of the Dragonfly Mass
Spectrometer (DraMS) experiment (PI Dr M.
Trainer, NASA/GSFC Greenbelt (USA))
Since 2019 Principal
investigator of the gas chromatograph of the Europa Molecules
Indicator of Life
(EMILI) experiment project for a possible
mission to Europa or Enceladus (PI Dr W.
Brinckerhoff, NASA/GSFC Greenbelt (USA))
Since 2009 Principal
investigator of Research and Technology (R&T) programs
funded by CNES to
develop new space instrumentation based on gas
chromatography for space exploration
(detectors, micro-chromatographs
)
Since 2009
Co-investigator of the R&T CNES program to develop a high
resolution mass
spectrometer for space instrumentation (COSMORBITRAP project,
PI C. Briois LPC2E
Orléans (Fr.))
2006-2011
Instrument scientist of the gas chromatograph of the Gas
Analytical Package (GAP)
experiment, Phobos-Grunt mission (Roscosmos) to explore Phobos
(2009/launch
failure; PI Dr M. Gerasimov, IKI Moscow (Rus.))
Since 2006
Co-investigator "hardware" of the gas chromatograph of the
Mars Organic Molecules
Analyzer (MOMA), Exomars 2028 mission (ESA)
to Mars (Launch in 2028, landing in 2030;
PI Dr F. Goesmann, MPS Lindau (Ger.))
Since
2005 Scientific Co-investigator of the UVolution, PROCESS,
AMINO and PSS experiments
onboard FOTON Earth orbital capsules (Roscosmos - UVolution,
2007) and International
Space Station (PROCESS, 2007-2009; and AMINO, 2008-2010, PSS,
2014-2015). These
experiments are dedicated to expose organic materials of
interest for astrobiology to solar
radiation in low Earth orbit (PI Dr H. Cottin, LISA Créteil
(Fr.))
Since
2003 Instrument scientist and then Principal Investgator of
the gas chromatograph of the
Sample Analysis at Mars
(SAM) experiment, Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL -
NASA) to Mars (2011-in progress; PI Dr C. Malespin,
NASA/GSFC
Greenbelt (USA))
Since
2003 Scientific
Co-investigator of the Aerosol Collector and
Pyrolyser (ACP) experiment,
Cassini-Huygens mission
(NASA-ESA) to Saturn and Titan (1998-2017; PI Dr G.
Israel,
LATMOS Guyancourt (Fr.))
Since
2000 Co-investigator
of the COmetary SAmpling and Composition
(COSAC) experiment,
Rosetta mission (ESA) to comet 67P (2005-2016; PI Dr F.
Goesmann, MPS Lindau (Ger.))
Since
2005 Co-investigator
of the Mars Organic Molecules Irradiation
Experiment (MOMIE) laboratory
experiment (PI Dr F. Stalport, LISA Créteil (Fr.)) to study
the influence of UV radiation on
organic materials at the Mars surface
Since
2002 Scientific
Co-investigator of the Production d’Aérosols
en Microgravité par Plasma
REactif (PAMPRE) laboratory experiment to study the
atmospheric chemistry and organic
aerosols of Titan (PI Dr N. Carrasco, LATMOS Guyancourt (Fr.))
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 DraMS team during the NASA site visit for Dragonfly in 2019 at APL/Laurel (USA)  With a Curisoity rover mock-up in 2012 at LATMOS/Guyancourt (Fr.)  Philae probe landing in 2014 at DLR/Cologne (All.)  Huygens landing in 2005 at ESOC/Darmstadt (All.) |
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PUBLICATIONS,
COMMUNICATIONS AND AWARDS PUBLICATIONS
& COMMUNICATIONS
More than 155 peer
reviewed publications (31/12/2025)
More than 240
communications in international conferences or workshops
(31/12/2025)
AWARDS
2026-2031
Senior member at Institut Universitaire de France
(IUF)
2015-2020
Junior member at Institut Universitaire de France
(IUF)
2012-2014
Délégation CNRS (half-time)
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PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
CURRENT
Since
2022 Elected member of the Observatoire
de Versailles Saint Quentin
council
Since
2014 Member of the council and board of the doctoral school in
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Ile de France (ED127)
PAST
2014-2024 Member and then president (since 2019) of the Exobiology,
Exoplanets,
Planetary Protection (E2P2) topical group of the
french space agency (CNES)
2014-2024 Head of the planetary science department (PLANETO) at
LATMOS
2014-2020 External member of
the specialist commission sections 29-34 of Université d’Orsay
Paris Sud 2014-2019 Elected
member of the Observatoire de Versailles
Saint Quentin council
2011-2019 Member of the Comité
National des Universités section 34 (Astronomie &
Astrophysique)
2006-2014 Member of the
scientific council of Programme National de Planétologie (PNP)
2006-2008 Member of
the scientific council of Groupe de Recherche en
Exobiologie
GENERAL
Reviewer in peer reviewed
journals including Nature, Planetary and Space Science,
Journal of Geophysical Research, Advances in Space Research,
Journal of Chromatography
Expert/Reviewer of NASA
projects in planetary science
Organizer and chair of
sessions related to Organic Molecules in the solar system at the
European Geophysical Union conference, European
Planetary Science Conference et l'American Geophysical Union
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 Interns
working for DraMS
at LATMOS in 2020  Field
trip M2 ECLAT at
Lannemezan (Fr.) in 2021 |
ADVISING
AND TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES ADVISING
Advisor
and co-advisor of 15 PhD students since 2004
Advisor of 15 Master 2 (M.S. Res.) since 1999
Advisor
of more than 40 trainees of L1 to M1 (including
engineering students)
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES Co-responsible
for the master's mention Sciences de la
Terre Environnement Planètes de l’Université
Paris-Saclay since 2019. Previously
(2014-2019) responsible for masters 1
degrees of Sciences de la Terre, de
l’Environnement et des Planètes - Climat
Environnement Application Recherche (CLEAR)
and Pollution, Energie et Procédés (PEPs) of
University Paris Saclay
Responsible
for the PhD course about "Habitability in the solar
system and universe" of the doctoral school in
Astronomy and Astrophysics ile de France (since
2015)
Responsible for the
course about "Sensors for space exploration" of
Master 2 degree of Planetary Science and Space
Observations since 2004
Responsible
for the course "Climatic Systems" of
Master 2 degree Arctic Studies since 2020
Responsible
for
the Field trip
about
atmospheric
monitoring
of Master 2 degree Etude des
Climats de la Terre
since 2020
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| Last
update : 14/06/2026 |