Isabelle Baraffe
{{Short description|French physicist and academic}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Isabelle Baraffe
| workplaces = University of Exeter
École normale supérieure de Lyon
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
University of Göttingen
| alma_mater = University of Göttingen
| thesis_title = Evolution d'etoiles massives de faible metallicite et de metallicite nulle
| thesis_url = https://theses.fr/1990PA077008
| thesis_year = 1997
| doctoral_advisor = Jean Audouze
}}
Isabelle Baraffe is a French physicist who is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Exeter. Her research involves the development of new astrophysical models to understand low mass stars and exoplanets. She was awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2010 and delivered the 2023 European Astronomical Society Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture.
Early life and education
Baraffe was born in France.{{Cite web |title=Professor Isabelle Baraffe {{!}} Physics and Astronomy {{!}} University of Exeter |url=https://physics-astronomy.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?web_id=ib233 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=physics-astronomy.exeter.ac.uk |language=en}} She completed her master's degree in physics at the Paris Diderot University. She remained there for her doctoral research, studying jointly at the University of Göttingen. Her research considered the evolution of non-metallic stars.{{Cite journal |date=2017-06-06 |title=Une plus grande part de migrants de retour proviennent de pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264274136-graph100-fr |journal=Interactions entre politiques publiques, migrations et développement |doi=10.1787/9789264274136-graph100-fr|isbn=978-92-64-27412-9 }} She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics and the University of Göttingen.
Research and career
Baraffe joined the École normale supérieure de Lyon.{{when|date=September 2024}}?{{cn|date=September 2024}} She moved to the Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon as a professor of astrophysics. In 2010, Baraffe joined the University of Exeter. Her research considers stellar hydrodynamics and exoplanets. Barafee has developed theoretical models to explore low mass stars and substellar objects, including brown dwarfs and exoplanets. The scientific community first became interested in low mass stars after the first report of brown dwarfs in 1995 (Gliese 229
She developed numerical tools that combine computational approaches with complex physics to study the dynamics of astrophysics. Her three-dimensional code MUSIC (MUlti-dimensional Stellar Implicit Code) can predict fundamental astrophysical processes and was awarded two European Research Council grants. She developed the field of asteroseismology – the use of pulsation modes to investigate the study of the inside of stars.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
Awards and honours
- 1999 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Bronze Medal{{Cite web |date=2012-05-14 |title=Inspiring Research by University of Exeter - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/universityofexeter/docs/inspiringresearch |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}
- 2004 Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam Johann WEMPE Prize{{Cite web |title=Johann Wempe Award 2004 - Dr. Isabelle Baraffe and Prof. Dr. Gilles Chabrier {{!}} AIP |url=https://www.aip.de/en/career/johann-wempe-award/johann-wempe-award-2004-dr-isabelle-baraffe-and-prof-dr-gilles-chabrier/ |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=www.aip.de}}
- 2005 Gauss-Professorship
- 2010 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2015 Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics Biermann lectures{{Cite web |title=Biermann lectures - How to model an extra solar planet |url=https://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/135381/news201505 |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=www.mpa-garching.mpg.de |language=en}}
- 2018 Elected to the Science and Technology Facilities Council Council{{Cite web |title=University of Exeter |url=https://news-archive.exeter.ac.uk/featurednews/title_648612_en.html |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=news-archive.exeter.ac.uk |language=en}}
- 2020 Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize{{Cite web |title=Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize |url=http://vaprize.sci.am/prizes/2020/2020winners.php |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=vaprize.sci.am}}
- 2023 European Astronomical Society Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture{{Cite web |title=Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon - Isabelle Baraffe reçoit le prix Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture 2023 de l'EAS |url=https://cral.univ-lyon1.fr/spip.php?article257&lang=en |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=cral.univ-lyon1.fr}}
- 2024 Institute of Physics Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize {{Cite web |title=2024 Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize |url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2024-fred-hoyle-medal-and-prize |date=14 Oct 2024}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite Q|Q69087769}}
- {{Cite Q|Q68502388}}
- {{Cite Q|Q55880233}}
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Category:University of Göttingen alumni
Category:Paris Diderot University alumni
Category:French women physicists
Category:Academics of the University of Exeter
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