Dr Eric Hebrard

Expert in chemical modelling of planetary atmospheres, Eric has been studying very different environments, covering a broad range of physical and chemical conditions, from the deep chill of our outer Solar System through the hazy skies of our own early Earth to the blaze of the most recently discovered hot Jupiters. In Exeter, he is involved in the development and improvement of multidimensional chemical models of planetary atmospheres. Noticing the overlap of conditions (pressure, temperature, composition) between the atmospheres of hot Jupiters and car engines, he has contributed to the release of chemical models which successful bridges applied combustion and astrophysics. He has also contributed to the measurement of temperature-dependent VUV absorption cross sections, which are rare but essential data to model photochemical processes in atmospheric models. Finally, he has been responsible these past few years for a new and original strategy for evaluating and insuring both the accuracy and precision of models of these sometimes peculiar planetary atmospheres. It brings new insights into the way chemical models of planetary atmospheres can - and must! - be used.

Where am I? http://ex.ac.uk/whereabouts Education

2003-2006 Ph.D. in Physics and Chemistry of Planetary Atmospheres
Université Paris 7, FRANCE
Magna cum laude
Dissertation Title: “Photochemical uncertainties in modeling in Titan's atmosphere: Review and
consequences”
Faculty Advisors: Prof. François Raulin and Prof. Y. Bénilan

2000-2003 “Magistère Interuniversitaire de Chimie”
École Normale Supérieure, Paris, FRANCE
Magna cum laude

2002-2003 M.Phil. in Physics and Chemistry of Planetary Atmospheres

2000-2001 B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry

Positions/Employment

2018 - present Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics
University of Exeter, UK

2016 - 2018 Lecturer in Astrophysics
University of Exeter, UK

2015 - 2016 Senior Research Fellow
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

2011 - 2013 Research Associate
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FRANCE

2008 - 2011 Research Associate
Université Bordeaux 1, FRANCE

2006 - 2008 Research Fellow
Centre National d'Études Spatiales, Paris, FRANCE

2003 - 2006 Research and Teaching Assistant
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (UMR 7583), Paris, FRANCE

2001 - 2002 Visiting Research Assistant
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

Fellowships and Awards

2018 - present Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy via the ASPIRE programme

2015 - 2017 NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship (US)

"MEASURE - Modeling (Exo)planetary Atmospheres through Sensitivity and Uncertainty
REasoning"
US$160,000

2007 - 2009 CNES Postdoctoral Fellowship (FR)
"Simulation of aeolian erosion thresholds on Mars and application to dust lifting modeling in a
Mars General Circulation Model"
€120,000

Teaching Activities

2019 - 2020 PHY1022 Introduction to Astrophysics (module leader)
NSC2001 Frontiers in Science 2
NSCM001 Advanced Topics in Natural Sciences Chemistry II
NSC1004 Experimental Science
Physics Stage 1 tutorials

2018 - 2019 PHY1022 Introduction to Astrophysics (module leader)
NSC2001 Frontiers in Science 2
NSCM001 Advanced Topics in Natural Sciences Chemistry II
NSC1004 Experimental Science
Physics Stage 1 tutorials

2017 - 2018 PHY1022 Introduction to Astrophysics (module leader)
NSC2001 Frontiers in Science 2
Physics Stage 1 tutorials

2016 - 2017 PHY3138 Projects and Dissertations
Physics Stage 1 tutorials

2009 - 2013 Lecturing for graduate-level Astronomy/Astrochemistry (16 h)
Université Bordeaux 1, FRANCE

2003 - 2006 Lecturing and tutoring for general undergraduate-level Chemistry (192 h)
Université Paris 7, FRANCE

2002 - 2004 Tutoring for general undergraduate-level Physics and Chemistry
Lycée Saint Louis, Paris, FRANCE

Professional Services

2017 PhD viva, Benjamin Drummond, internal reviewer.
Acting Chair of NASA ROSES-HW 2016 "Atmospheres" panel.
Internal and external reviewer NASA ROSES-HW 2016 "Atmospheres" grant program.

2016 Internal reviewer for NASA ESSF 2016 grant program.

2015 Internal reviewer for NASA ROSES-HW 2014 and NASA ESSF 2015 grant programs.

External reviewer for NASA ROSES-HW 2014, NASA ROSES-SSW 2015
and NASA ROSES-XRP 2015 grant programs.

Co-chair of the session "Extrasolar Planets: Giant Planet Atmospheres" during the Fall 2015 DPS
meeting (Washington DC, USA).

2014 External reviewer for NASA ROSES-SSW 2014 grant program.

2009-2012 Member of the Board of the French Exobiology Society (“Société Française d’Exobiologie”
- http://www.exobiologie.fr/)

2011 Member of the LOC for Origins2011 (ISSOL-IAU C51), Montpellier (FRANCE), July 3-8, 2011

2010 Reviewer for Région Bretagne CREATE 2010 grant program

Reviewer of scientific manuscripts for several peer-reviewed journals (Angew. Chem., Astrophys. J., Astrophys. J. Lett., Earth Moon Planets, Icarus, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Planet.. Space Sci., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.).

Funded Research Projects

As PrincipaI Investigator :

2018-2021 STFC Consolidated Grant (led by Isabelle Baraffe)
"Towards a consistent set of multi-dimensional chemical models for hot Jupiters"
£300,000

2018-2021 University of Exeter PhD studentship
£80,000

As Co-Investigator :

2016-2019 NASA ROSES Habitable Worlds 2015 (US)
"Organic habitable worlds: Simulating habitable zones for organic-rich atmospheres"
PI : S. Domagal-Goldman
US$300,000

2013 National program of Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium (PCMI)
CNRS-INSU/CNES/CNRS-INP/CNRS-INC (FR)
"KIDA - A Kinetic Database for Astrochemistry"
PI : W. Wakelam

€5,000

National program of Planetology (PNP)
CNRS-INSU/CNES (FR)
"KIDA - A Kinetic Database for Astrochemistry"
PI : W. Wakelam

€3,000

2012 National program of Planetology (PNP)
CNRS-INSU/CNES (FR)
"The HNC molecule in astrochemistry"
PI : J.-C. Loison

€3,500

2011 National program of Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium (PCMI)
CNRS-INSU/CNES/CNRS-INP/CNRS-INC (FR)
"KIDA - A Kinetic Database for Astrochemistry"
PI : W. Wakelam

€8,000

National program of Planetology (PNP)
CNRS-INSU/CNES (FR)
"KIDA - A Kinetic Database for Astrochemistry"
PI : W. Wakelam

€2,000

2010-2011 Interdisciplinary program “Planetary Environments and Origins of Life” (EPOV)
CNRS (FR)
"Photochemistry of hot Jupiters: From experiments to modeling"
PI : Y. Bénilan and M. Dobrijevic
€27,000

2010 Interdisciplinary program “Planetary Environments and Origins of Life” (EPOV)
CNRS (FR)
"Formation of oligopeptides on the primitive Earth : activation, elongation and accumulation"
PI : R. Pascal
€14,000

Interdisciplinary program “Planetary Environments and Origins of Life” (EPOV)
CNRS (FR)
"Modeling the atmosphere and the sulfur isotopic records"
PI : E. Thomassot
€13,000

National program of Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium (PCMI)
CNRS-INSU/CNES/CNRS-INP/CNRS-INC (FR)
"KIDA - A Kinetic Database for Astrochemistry"
PI : W. Wakelam
€10,000

National program of Planetology (PNP)
CNRS-INSU/CNES (FR)
"KIDA - A Kinetic Database for Astrochemistry"
PI : W. Wakelam
€8,000

2010 National program of Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium (PCMI)
CNRS-INSU/CNES/CNRS-INP/CNRS-INC (FR)
"KIDA - A Kinetic Database for Astrochemistry"
PI : W. Wakelam
€3,000

Publications

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Talks, Presentations and Posters

16 invited presentations in (inter)national conferences. 55 oral presentations in (inter)national conferences. 16 poster presentations in (inter)national conferences.

Selected Public Outreach

2006 - Present 5. Martin H. and Hébrard E. “Land of Origin” Biofutur, 26-33 (2013).
4. Hébrard E. “Titan, « une Terre primitive mise au congélateur »” Le Mensuel de l’Université,
April 2009
3. Raulin F. and Hébrard E. “Exobiologie et mathématiques” Maths Nature Express, Comité
International des jeux mathématiques, pp. 43-47 (2008).
2. Hébrard E. “Un « certain » regard sur Titan”. Le Mensuel de l’Université, March 2007.
1. Hébrard E. “Un enfant des étoiles” Science Careers, January 20th, 2006.