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Pierre Coheur

Scientific Career

  • 2017-: Professor at ULB
  • 2015-2017: Associate Professor at ULB
  • 2013-2015: Senior Research Associate (Maître de Recherches) at FRS-FNRS
  • 2005-2013: Research Associate (Chercheur Qualifié) at FRS-FNRS
  • 1999-2005: Postdoctoral Researcher (Chargé de Recherches FRS-FNRS ; Belspo/Prodex)
  • 1994-1998: IRSIA/FRIA fellow (PhD bursary), ULB

Research interests

Remote-sensing of Earth and planetary atmospheres ― Atmospheric radiative transfer and retrievals ― Atmospheric chemistry ― Environmental chemistry ― Molecular spectroscopy.

Publications and academic CV

Awards

Frontiers Planet Prize, National champion (2023); Certificate for outstanding contribution to the Mars Express mission (2023); Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award (2023); Researcher of the “Fondation de l’Université” (since 2010); Stas Award of the Royal academy of Sciences (1999).

Membership of science committees and institutions

  • Chairman of the IASI Sounder Science Working Group (EUMETSAT-CNES), 2019-now (and member from 2009)
  • Member of the MTG-IRS Mission Advisory Group (EUMETSAT), 2017-now
  • Lead Investigator of the Nitrosat Earth Explorer candidate mission (ESA)
  • Member of the ACE Science Team, 2004-now
  • Member of the Local Committee for Chemistry of the Solvay Institutes, 2013-now
  • Member of F.R.S.-FNRS committees: SEN4 (2016-2018); SEN 1(2012-2014); FRIA jury P10 (2016-2018 and 2021-now) and 16 (2013-2015)
  • Member of the Science Committee and former president of the FRS-FNRS Doctoral School “Sciences de l'Univers, de l'Espace, de la Terre et du Climat (UNITER)”, 2005-now

PhD supervision or co-supervision

Mauri Rosier; Gaia Pinardi; Beata Opacka; Gilles Lecomte; Hélène De Longueville (2023); Ermioni Dimitropoulou (2021); Jimmy Bouche (2021); Stamatia Doniki (2019); Gaétane Ronsmans (2018); Veerle De Bock (2018); Simon Whitburn (2017); Enrico Dammers (2017); Sophie Bauduin (2016); Yannick Willame (2015); Martin Van Damme (2015) Jean-Lionel Lacour (2015); Yasmina R’honi (2014); Robin Campion (2011); Catherine Wespes (2010).

Former Postdocs

Valentin Duflot (now at NILU); Federico Karagulian (now at ENEA); Michaël Theunissen; Robin Campion (now at now at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México); Yasmine Ngadi; Oliver Scharf (now at IFG Institute for Scientific Instrument); Hervé Herbin (now at LOA, Université de Lille 1); Brice Barret (now at LA, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénée).

Running projects

  • “Hyperspectral atmospheric IR sounding missions” (HIRS); ESA/BELSPO Prodex
  • “Building a benchmarking service for Chemistry-Climate Models with sustainable satellite records of ozone, its radiative effects, and related tracers” (BCCM-O3) BELSPO FED-tWIN
  • “Win4excellence/Space4relaunch” FWB
  • CCI for ozone (O3-CCI)and Other Long Lived Greenhouse gases (LOLIPOP), ESA
  • “SPectroscopy in support to the exploration of planetary atmospHERES” (SPHERES). ARC; RW
  • “Satellite Application Facility on Atmospheric Composition Monitoring (ACSAF)” 4th phase. EUMETSAT
  • “Long-term Assessment, Proxies and Indicators of Ozone and Water vapour changes affecting Climate and Air quality” (TAPIOWCA), BELSPO Brain
  • “Assessment of the REactive Nitrogen Budget and Emissions at Regional and Global scales” (ARENBERG ); BELSPO FED-tWIN

Teaching

Principal responsibilities at ULB

At rectoral level
  • Advisor for the Rector – Research in Science and Technology, 2023-now
  • Member of the Research Council, 2021-2023
  • Member of the selection committee of the Research Council, 2021-2023
  • Member of the Commission on Ethics and Integrity in Research, 2021-2023
  • Academic sponsor for an institutional research data repository, 2023-now
At Faculty level
  • Chair of the Teaching Commission of the Chemistry Department, 2023-now
  • Secretary of jury for the Bachelor in chemistry, 2023-now
  • Board of Doctoral Committee, 2010-now (President 2014-2021)
  • Member of the Chemistry Department Board
  • Member of the Commission for Quality in Teaching for Chemistry
  • Head of Chemistry Department 2021-2022 (vice-president in 2020 and 2023)
  • Head of SQUARES laboratory, 2017-2023

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