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David CEBRON
CNRS Researcher (HDR) — david.cebron univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
Team leader of the Geodynamo group of ISTerre
On-going project (2020 – 2026) : PI of the ERC project THEIA (see the website)
Contact : +33 4 56 52 11 49 — Office 246
Detailed CV with my publications
- General research : Planetary flows & magnetic fields, combining theory, simulations & laboratory experiments (e.g. THEIA or ZoRo).
- Main current project : Earth & Moon’s core dissipation or dynamo, topographic effects in their cores
EDUCATION
- 2024 : Habilitation (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches - HDR), PDF
- 2014 : CNRS Researcher (CRCN, section 20) at ISTerre
- 2011 – 2013 : Post-doctoral ETH Zurich Fellow (European Marie-Curie Cofund Fellow)
- 2008 – 2011 : PhD at IRPHE laboratory, Aix-Marseille Univ. PDF
- 2007 – 2008 : École Centrale de Nantes - Engineering Schools exchange convention
- 2007 – 2008 : Nantes University - M. Sc. (Dual diplomas)
- 2005 – 2008 : École Centrale de Lille - French engineering school
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Since 2025 : CS member of GDR Mécanique des fluides géophysiques et astrophysiques
- Since 2021 : Leader of ISTerre Geodynamo team (8 permanent researchers + 10 CDD)
- Since 2021 : Deputy of Renaud Deguen at the Conseil de Laboratoire
- 2018 – 2025 : Member of the Scientific board of the National program of Planetology (PNP) for INSU (CNRS)
- Since 2015 : Member of the editorial board of the journal Reflets de la Physique, published by Société Française de Physique (SFP)
AWARDS
- 2021 – 2025 : CNRS bonus for scientific excellence (“Prime d’Excellence Scientifique”)
- 2021 : Prix Ampère de l’Électricité de France for our Geodynamo group, from Académie des sciences (50 000€)
- 2017 – 2021 : CNRS bonus for scientific excellence (“Prime d’Excellence Scientifique”)
- 2013 : Awarded at the French National Mechanics Congress (Congrès Français de Mécanique) CFM 2013 (Bordeaux) by the Paul Germain Prize
- 2012 – 2014 : Awarded by the ETH Zurich (Marie-Curie COFUND) program of post-doctoral research (180 000€)
GRANTS AND FUNDING
- 2025 – 2029 : Participant of the ANR grant SYDERANT, led by F. Brunet (381 965€)
- 2022 – 2026 : Participant of the ANR grant MIN-DIXI, led by G. Morard (625 000€)
- 2020 – 2026 : PI of ERC THEIA, see the website (1 448 493€)
- 2014 – 2019 : co-PI of ANR MAGLUNE (292 534€)
- 2017 – 2018 : PI of a grant from PNP, INSU (5500€)
- 2015 – 2017 : PI of a grant from Labex OSUG@2020 (18 307€)
- 2013 – 2019 : Participant of the ANR grant TUDY (276 400€)
SUPERVISION OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
- 2025 – 2027 : advisor (with J. Vidal) of Baptiste Penlou, funded by the ERC THEIA,
- 2024 – 2026 : advisor (with N. Schaeffer) of Paul Pruzina, funded by the ERC THEIA, then by the european ChEESE Project
- 2022 – 2026 : advisor (with N. Schaeffer & M. Mandea) of Paolo Personnettaz, funded by the ERC GRACEFUL, then by the ERC THEIA
- 2022 – 2024 : advisor (with R. Deguen & M. Mandea) of Kang Lim, funded by the ERC GRACEFUL
- 2020 – 2024 : advisor of Jérémie Vidal, funded by the ERC THEIA
SUPERVISION OF PHD STUDENTS
- 2025 – 2028 : advisor (with R. Deguen) of the PhD of Amélie Schulze
- 2022 – 2026 : co-advisor (with J. Noir) of the PhD of Vadim Giraud (ETHZ)
- 2020 – 2024 : principal advisor (with D. Jault) of the PhD of Rémy Monville, funded by the ERC THEIA
- 2020 – 2024 : co-advisor (with G. Morard) of the PhD of Nicolas Jaisle, funded by UGA IDEX (Magma Ocean in eXoplanets)
- 2016 – 2020 : co-advisor (with P. Cardin) of the PhD of Sylvie Su, funded by the ANR grant TUDY
- 2014 – 2018 : co-advisor (with N. Schaeffer) of the PhD of Jérémie Vidal (member of his PhD committee, 4 publications as co-author)
- 2012 – 2014 : Active advisor role for the Ph.D. of Zacharias Stelzer (member of his PhD committee, 2 publications as co-author)
MEMBER OF PHD JURY
- 2019 : PhD of Clément Nobili, Aix-Marseille University
- 2018 : PhD of Jérémie Vidal, Grenoble-Alpes University
- 2014 : PhD of Zacharias Stelzer, ETH Zürich (awarded by the ETH silver medal)
OTHER
- 2026 : member of ’Science and organizing committee’ of the winter-school Planetary Atmospheres and Interiors : A Two-Way Connection, 8-13 Feb 2026 Les Houches (France)
- 2024 : participation to ’committee of selection’ for MCF position