 | Nicolas BIVER |
| Nicolas BIVER |
| Name/Nom: | BIVER |
| First name/Prénom: | Nicolas |
| Nationality/Nationalité: | French/Francaise |
| Date of birth/Date de Naissance: | 12 Jul. 1969 |
| Place of birth/Lieu de ": | Paris 14e |
| Current Address/Adresse perso.: | 5 promenade VENEZIA 78000 VERSAILLES, FRANCE |
| Tel.: | home/perso.:01 39 24 07 82 |
| Bus. Address/Adresse travail: | LESIA CNRS UMR 8109, (Bat 17b) Observatoire de Paris 5 pl. J. Janssen 92190 Meudon, France |
| Tel.: | bus./travail: (33) 1 45 07 78 09 |
| E-mail: | Nicolas.biver-at-obspm.fr |
| Marital status/Situation de famille: | Single/Célibataire |
| Military service/Militaire: | 3 months at CEA (then Discharged/Réformé) |
| July 1987: | Graduate "BACCALAUREAT C" |
| 1987/89 | Preparatory classes at Lycée Hoche, Versailles |
| 1989/92 | Engineer studies at Ecole Centrale de Paris (3rd year specialization in physics) |
| July 1992: | Graduate Engineer : "Ingénieur des Arts et Manufactures" |
| 1992/1993 | Master Degree in Astrophysics: (DEA Astrophysique et Tech. spatiales) Paris 7 University and Paris Observatory |
| 1993/1996 | Ph.D. Thesis at Paris 7 University and Meudon Observatory (ARPEGES department) "Parent cometary molecules: observations and modelling" |
| 24 January 1997 | Graduate "Docteur ès Science", Université Paris 7 (Ph.D. in Physics, speciality Astrophysics) |
| 1997/2000 | "JCMT" Post-doc at IfA, University of Hawaii |
| 2000/2001 | INSU/CNES contract at Meudon Observatory to work on the sub-mm satellite ODIN |
| 2001/2002 | ESA contract at ESTEC - Noordwijk (Netherlands) Solar System Division "Scientist in the Science Operation Team of the Rosetta Mission" |
| Since Oct. 2002 | Permanent position "Charge de Recherche CNRS" Paris-Meudon Observatory |
| June-Aug. 1991: | 2 months at ''Big Bear Solar Observatory '', Caltech, California, USA |
| Mar.-June 1992: | 3 months at Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS, Verrières-le-buisson. (Subject: "Characterization of the SPICAM experiment of the Mars94 spacecraft) |
| Mar.-June 1993: | 3 months at Meudon observatory (ARPEGES department) (Analysis of HCN observations in 4 comets) |
| Sep.1997-July 2000: | 3 years as a postdoc at University of Hawaii: namely 4 months of cumulated experience in sub-mm radioastronomical observations from Mauna-Kea summit (4100m)(> 80 nights at JCMT and >30 nights at CSO) |
| July.2000-June 2001: | 1 year engineer contract to work on the Swedish (French participation through CNES) sub-mm scientific satellite ODIN: characterization, commissioning of the equipments (radiometer, AOS) and preparation of astronomy data archiving and reduction at CNES - launched on 20/02/2001 |
| January 2002: | Member of the Scientific Organising Committee of the 186th IAU colloquium "Cometary science after Hale-Bopp" to be held 21-25 Jan. , 2002 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife |
| Since 2002 | Co-I MIRO instrument on the ESA Rosetta mission to comet 67P/C.G. |
| 2010-2018 | Member of the Programe National de Planetologie (PNP), CNRS |
| 2011-2019 | Member of the Exobiology (now E2P2) working group of CNES |
| English: fluent | German: read/written |
| Aug. 1989: | Construction of my first (20cm F/D 6) Telescope |
| June 1994: | ''Marcel MOYE'' award from the "Société Astronomique de France" |
| Jan. 1995: | Portrait by G. Cannat in "Observez Mars au plus près" paper from Ciel et Espace magazine, 298, 62-65 |
| 27 Jul. - 2 Aug. 1995: | CCD comet imaging program at the T60cm Pic-du-midi amateur facility |
| Dec. 1995: | "Souvenirs of nights well spent - Drawing the sky" (Amateur Astronomer Department) Biver, N., Sky & Telescope, 90 - 6, 84-86 |
| Oct.1994-Mar.1995/Feb.1996: | Grinding of a 26cm F/D 5 miror: construction a 2nd telescope |
| Since 1995 | Participation to Public outreach activities (TV, Newspapers, Conferences, Open-houses, Public observations) |
| Summer 2003: | Construction of a 40cm F/D 4 Dobson telescope |
| Since ~2002: | regular contributions to "l'Astronomie", Magazine of the Société Astronomique de France (SAF), Head of the "Commission des comètes" of the SAF |
| 2019-2022: | member of the SAF council. |
| Retour N.Biver's Web Page | Nicolas Biver - (updated 20 Oct. 2020) |