ERC project THEIA

Selected presentations and scientific meetings

43 selected scientific communications (2020–2026)

This curated record brings together conference presentations, invited seminars, posters and scientific workshop contributions by current and former THEIA team members and collaborators. Each entry documents a presentation, including cases where related results were presented at different meetings. The selection covers research carried out within, or scientifically related to, THEIA; inclusion does not imply that every communication was funded by ERC THEIA.

- 2026 -

43. Cébron D., High-performance simulations of turbulent planetary dynamos
Journées 2026 de la Société Française d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique (SF2A), Grenoble (France), June 22-26, 2026.

42. Vidal J. & Colin de Verdière Y., Inertia-gravity waves in geophysical vortices
Workshop ’Vortices and vorticity in geophysical flows’, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris (France), April 20-24, 2026. Poster.

41. Pružina P., Cébron D., Schaeffer N., Dynamos planétaires générées par la semi-convection dans les couches stratifiées
29th Rencontre du Non-Linéaire, Université Paris Cité, Paris (France), March 25, 2026. Poster and short presentation (presented by P. Pružina).

40. Cébron D., Dynamics of the core and dynamo
Planetary Atmospheres and Interiors: A Two-Way Connection, Winter School, Les Houches (France), February 8–13, 2026. Lecture and member of the scientific and organizing committee.

39. Vidal J., Did lunar tides sustain the early Earth’s dynamo?
DFG Seminar, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France), January 13, 2026. Invited seminar.

- 2025 -

38. Cébron D., Couplage fluide à la frontière noyau-manteau
30 ans de l’IRPHE, Marseille (France), December 5, 2025. Invited scientific talk.

37. Vidal J., The Legend of Archean Zircons: A Link To The Past Moon’s Tides?
Journée du Conseil Scientifique de l’Observatoire de Lyon (OSUL), Lyon (France), November 28, 2025. Scientific presentation.

36. Giraud V., Noir J., Monville R., Vidal J. & Cébron D., Inertial wave drag generated by topography
Workshop ’Fluid flow and magnetic dynamos: From the laboratory to the stars and planets’, Centro Stefano Franscini, Ascona (Switzerland), September 14-19, 2025. Poster.

35. Personnettaz P., Meresse A., Cébron D., Schaeffer N., Laminar to turbulent transition in librating spheres
2nd European Fluid Dynamics Conference (EFDC2), Dublin (Ireland), August 26-29, 2025.

34. Giraud V., Noir J., Cébron D., Monville R. & Burmann F., Investigating the drag force due to inertial waves generated by topography
EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna (Austria), April 27-May 2, 2025. Abstract EGU25-7333.

33. Cébron D., Unravelling the dynamics of non-spherical planetary cores
Thème Intérieurs de la Terre et des planètes, invited seminar at IPG Paris (France), April 3, 2025.

32. Vidal J., When boundaries matter, the case of inertia-gravity modes
Advanced Summer School on Mathematical Fluid Dynamics, Institut d’Études Scientifiques de Cargèse (France), March 31-April 12, 2025. Invited lecture.

31. Monville R., Cébron D. & Jault D., Topographic drag at the core-mantle interface
IPAM Workshop ’Rotating Turbulence: Interplay and Separability of Bulk and Boundary Dynamics’, Los Angeles (USA), January 27-31, 2025. Poster.

- 2024 -

30. Personnettaz P., Monville R., Schaëffer N., Cébron D., Mandea M., Beyond spherical boundaries in deep fluid layers of planets
1st European Fluid Dynamics Conference (EFDC1), Aachen (Germany), September 16-20, 2024.

29. Vidal J., Dynamics of pancake-like geophysical vortices: from waves to (bulk) turbulence?
10th International Symposium on Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics (BIFD), University of Edinburgh (UK), June 24-28, 2024. Research talk.

28. Giraud V., Noir J., Burmann F. & Cébron D., Numerical and experimental investigation on the effect of topography on the hydrodynamics of planetary fluid envelops
EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna (Austria), April 14-19, 2024. PICO presentation, abstract EGU24-7843.

27. Personnettaz P., Schaëffer N., Cébron D., Mandea M., Fluid response to the inner core’s translational oscillations
Rencontres du Non-Linéaire, Paris, March 19-20, 2024.

26. Monville R., Cébron D. & Jault D., Topographic effects in planetary magneto-hydrodynamic flows
Rencontres du Non-Linéaire, Paris, March 19-20, 2024. PDF

25. Vidal J. & Colin de Verdière Y., Inertia-gravity waves, a canonical example of nonlinear eigenvalue problems
27th Rencontre du Non-Linéaire, Université Paris Cité, Paris (France), March 18-20, 2024. Poster.

24. Vidal J., Inertia-gravity waves in geophysical vortices
Seminar, Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne, Université de Bourgogne (France), February 20, 2024. PDF

23. Vidal J., Ondes d’inertie-gravité dans un fluide confiné, applications géophysiques
Seminar "MathsInFluids" - UMPA, ENS Lyon (France), February 2, 2024. PDF

- 2023 -

22. Monville R., Cébron D. & Jault D., Topography-driven flows in magnetized planetary layers
GRACEFUL scientific meeting, Toulouse (France), November 22-23, 2023. Scientific talk on topographic coupling (cross-project meeting).

21. Vidal J., Inertia-gravity waves in geophysical vortices
"Spectral and Resonance Problems for Imaging, Seismology and Materials Science", Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (France), November 20-24, 2023. PDF

20. Cébron D., Simulations of non-spherical liquid cores of planets
Beyond Boussinesq for Astrophysical and Geophysical fluids: Numerical tools and experiments of the future. ENS Lyon, France, October 19, 2023.

19. Personnettaz P., Cébron D., Schaëffer N., Mandea M., Dissipation mechanisms of the inner core’s translational oscillations
Journées CNES (JC2) 2023, Toulouse (France), October 11-13, 2023.

18. Personnettaz P., Cébron D., Schaëffer N., Mandea M., Modeling non-spherical effects with parametrized boundary conditions
GAFDEM: Geophysical Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics: Experiments and models, Nice (France), September 11-15, 2023.

17. Monville R., Vidal J., Cébron D. & Schaeffer N., Topographic coupling at the core mantle boundary
28th General Assembly of The IUGG, Berlin (Germany), July 11-20 2023. PDF

16. Monville R., Vidal J., Cébron D. & Schaeffer N., Rotating double-diffusive convection: Flows and dynamos in stably stratified deep layers of planets
28th General Assembly of the IUGG, Berlin (Germany), July 11–20, 2023.

15. Cébron D., Monville R., Vidal J. & Schaeffer N., Generation of planetary core zonal flows by orbital forcings or fingering convection
28th General Assembly of the IUGG, Berlin (Germany), July 11–20, 2023.

14. Vidal J. & Cébron D., Precession-driven flows and turbulence in planetary liquid cores
28th General Assembly of The IUGG, Berlin (Germany), July 11-20 2023. PDF

13. Vidal J. & Cébron D., Asymptotic models of rotating flows in stress-free ellipsoids
26eme Rencontre du Non Linéaire, Paris (France), March 28-30 2023. PDF

- 2022 -

12. Monville R., Cébron D., Schaeffer N., Topographic Effects in Magnetized and Stratified Fluid Cores
AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago (USA), December 12-16 2022.

11. Monville R., Vidal J., Cébron D., Schaeffer N., Rotating Double-Diffusive Convection: Flows and Dynamos in Stably Stratified Deep Layers of Planets
AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago (USA), December 12-16 2022. PDF

10. Monville R., Cébron D., Jault D., Topographic effects in magnetized and stratified fluid cores,
17th Symposium of SEDI, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), July 11- July 15 2022.

9. Cébron D., Monville R., Vidal J., Sauret A., Schaeffer N., Generation of planetary core zonal flows by mechanical forcings & fingering convection
17th Symposium of SEDI, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), July 11- July 15 2022.

8. Vidal J., Cébron D., Asymptotic models of rotating flows in ellipsoidal planets
17th Symposium of SEDI, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), July 11- July 15 2022.

7. Monville R., Cébron D., Jault D., Topographic effects in magnetized and stratified fluid cores
17th Colloque quadriennal de bilan et prospective du PNP, ENS Lyon (France), June 29- July 1 2022.

6. Cébron D., Monville R., Vidal J., Sauret A., Schaeffer N., Generation of planetary core zonal flows by mechanical forcings & fingering convection
Colloque quadriennal de bilan et prospective du PNP, ENS Lyon (France), June 29- July 1 2022.

5. Vidal J. & Cébron D., Asymptotic models of rotating flows in ellipsoidal planets
Colloque quadriennal de bilan et prospective du PNP, ENS Lyon (France), June 29- July 1 2022.

- 2021 -

4. Monville R., Cébron D., Jault D., Topographic effects in a stratified layer at the top of the Earth’s core
Workshop Grenoble-Zurich-Marseille-ROB, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), November 16 2021.

3. Vidal J. & Cébron D., Kinematic dynamos in triaxial ellipsoids
Workshop Grenoble-Zurich-Marseille-ROB, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), November 16 2021.

2. Monville R., Cébron D., Jault D., Topographic effects at the core-mantle boundary
International conference IAGA-IASPEI 2021, Hyderabad (India), 21-27 August 2021.

- 2020 -

1. Schaeffer N., Cébron D., Vidal J., Noir J. & Monville R., Investigations on precession, tides, convection and stratification in planetary cores
ISSI Workshop ’Probing the Deep Earth Interior by using in synergy observations of the Earth’s gravity and magnetic fields, and of the Earth’s rotation’, Bern (Switzerland), September 1-4, 2020. Early scientific context for THEIA.