Lionel Vacher

Lionel Vacher

Visiting Scientist
CNES Postdoc, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
PhD, University of Lorraine
research interests:
  • Primitive meteorites
  • Origin of water in the Solar System
  • Aqueous alteration on asteroids
  • Oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and sulfur isotopes
  • Hydrothermal experiments
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      Lionel Vacher's scientific research seeks to decipher the isotopic composition of the water reservoir in the early Solar System from the study of secondary alteration minerals in primitive meteorites and to estimate the timing of early aqueous activity of asteroids from isotopic dating on extraterrestrial carbonates.

      Professional History

      2019 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington University in St. Louis
      2015 to 2018 - PhD, Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques (CRPG), Lorraine University, France

      Awards

      2017 Wiley Award
      2019 Hauy-Lacroix Award 
      2019 OTELo Award