Science goals and new mission concepts for future exploration of Titan’s atmosphere, geology and habitability: titan POlar scout/orbitEr and in situ lake lander and DrONe explorer (POSEIDON)
Experimental Astronomy
Astrobiology
Astrobiology and Astrochemistry
Astrobiology is the study of the processes which led to the apparition of life on our planet and which may have or could enable it elsewhere. The LISA research on this topic follows two main paths: studies of the reactivity and evolution of organic matter in extraterrestrial environments and the search for molecular structures through remote sensing and in situ measurements. The LISA thus develops laboratory experiments simulating the conditions of extraterrestrial environments, participates to the designing and building up of chemical analyzers for (mostly ESA and NASA) spatial missions and participates to remote sensing campaigns.
Publications
Ion-driven organic chemistry for Titan-like atmospheres: Implications for N-dominated super-Earth exoplanets
Astronomy & Astrophysics
The 2020 edition of the GEISA spectroscopic database
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy