Ines Belgacem

    Science Operations Scientist

     

    Main Research Fields

    • Icy surfaces of the solar system 
    • Microtexture of Jupiter's icy moons
    • Photometry (reflectance relative to the geometry of observation
    • Image processing and metadata correction (poniting, relative position and attitude)

     

    Contact


    Keywords

    Icy moons / Europa, Ganymede, Callisto / Photometry / Bayesian inversion / Remote sensing / Image processing / SPICE 

    Ongoing collaborations

    • Bonnie Buratti, NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA
    • Thomas Cornet, ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain
    • Cynthia Phillips, NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA
    • Jennifer Scully, NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA
    • Nicolas Altobelli, ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain
    • Frédéric Schmidt, Géosciences Paris Sud (GEOPS), Orsay, France

    Publications

    See OCRID profile

    See ResearchGate profile

    Project/mission at ESA

    PROJECT / MISSIONS OUTSIDE ESA

    OTHER ACTIVITIES

    Science Community

    • Community organisation 
      • Co-lead of Europa Clipper's Sunrise group
      • Member of executive committee of Europlanet Society's French Hub
      • Chair of Europlanet's Early Career Network (EPEC) 2021-2023
    • Science Conferences
      • Session convener (OPS1) for EPSC 2024
      • Session chairing for LPSC, EPSC, DPS (Icy Moons related sessions)
      • SOC member for the Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics (PSIDA) 2022 Conference, Madrid, Spain
    • Publishing
      • Guest editor for Icarus' special issue "Ices in the solar system"
      • Reviewer for PSJ and Icarus

    Outreach

    • Sens'Astro
      • Co-creator and communication officer
      • Experiencing astrophysics and space science through our 5 senses, developping access for poeple with sensory and physical disabilities
    • UniverSCiel
      • Commnication officer and member of executive board 2017-2019, now occasional contributor
      • Outreach about astrophysics and spacce to young students and general contributor
    • OSE l'ISAE-SUPAERO
      • Ambassador
      • Promoting higher level studies in rural and socially disadvantaged areas. Promotion of equality regardless of social background, disabilities or gender.
    • Advocate for women in STEM: conferences, round table, meeting students

     

    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

    • Jul. 2024 - Now: Science Operations Scientist at Aurora Technology BV for ESA

    • Jun 2023 - Now: Affiliate on NASA's Europa Clipper science team

    • Jun 2023 - May 2024: JPL Postdoctoral Fellow

    • Jul. 2020 - Jun. 2023: Research Fellow at ESA/ESAC (Science Directorate)

    • 2019-2020: Postdoctoral researcher at Géosciences Paris Scalay (CNRS)

    • 2017-2022: Occasional lecturer and student project supervisor at ISAE-SUPAERO