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Lina Hadid
CNRS Researcher
Space Plasma Team
E-mail : lina.hadid lpp.polytechnique.fr
Office : Batiment 404, office 1020
Tel : +33-(0)1-6933 5928
École Polytechnique, route de Saclay, F-91128, Palaiseau, Cedex
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EDUCATION
2013 – 2016 : Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Université Paris-Saclay, France
2011 – 2013 : M.Sc. in Physical-Chemistry (Excellence scolarship). Joint Program : University of Paris-Saclay (FR), Universitia degli studi di Genova (Italy) and University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, (Poland).
2008 – 2011 : B.Sc. in Fundamental Physics (with honors), Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Lebanon
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 – present : Chargée de recherche at CNRS
2019 – 2020 : ESA research fellow, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
2017 – 2019 : Post-doctorate, Swedish institute of Space Physics (IRFU), Uppsala, Sweden
2016 – 2017 : Post-doctorate, LPP, France
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
Space plasma physics (solar wind and comparative planetary magnetospheres).
Space exploration, space mission design and space instrumentation.
Data analysis techniques and signal processing.
Public outreach and communication activities.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2021 – 2024 : Lecturer (10h) "Introduction to Space Plasmas", Master of Planétologie, Paris Observatory, Paris, France
2024 : Invited mentor at the PLASMAScience SUMMER SCHOOL
2022 : Invited mentor at the Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics for Fusion Applications
2013 – 2016 : Courses of Math & Physics (Bachelor and Master level, 64h/year), Paris-Saclay University
2013 – 2014 : Leading school research projects in astrophysics : Les Saventuriers, Picpus elementary school, Paris, France.
SPACE MISSIONS RESPONSIBILITIES
Instrumentation
- 2024 - present : PI of MSA (Mass Spectrum Analyser) onboard BepiColombo ESA/JAXA mission
- 2022 - present : PI of M-MSA (Mars-Mass Spectrum Analyser) onboard M-MATISSE ESA M7 mission to Mars (selected for Phase A)
- 2024 - present : Lead CoI of MPPE consortium onboard BepiColombo ESA/JAXA mission
- 2022 - present : CoI of MSA onboard the MMX/JAXA mission to Mars
- 2022 - present : CoI of the RPW experiment on the ESA/JUICE mission
- 2022 - present : CoI of the RPW experiment on the ESA/Solar Orbiter mission
- 2020 - 2024 : CoI of MSA onboard BepiColombo ESA/JAXA mission
Coordinator/Chair of working groups
- 2022 - present : Hermian Environment Working Group (with A. Milillo and S. Aizawa), BepiColombo ESA/JAXA.
- 2020 - present : Cruise Science study group (with B. Sanchez-Cano), BepiColombo ESA/JAXA
- 2021 - 2022 : “Venus flyby working group”, Solar Orbiter ESA/NASA.
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL SERVICES
- 2022 - present : Member of the Science Council of SHM (CNES Heliophysics Division)
- 2022 - 2024 : Chair of INSU’s CNRS National Service of Observation (SNO), BepiColombo-Magnéto
- 2019 - 2024 : Member of the Science Council of the National Sun-Earth Program (PNST) of the Astronomy-Astrophysics division of INSU/CNRS.
- 2023 : HCÉRES jury member, evaluation of OSUC - Observatoire des sciences de l’univers en région Centre-Val de Loire. Report.
EDITORIAL AND PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
- November 2024 : NASA panel, invited reviewer “HGIO HELIO 4”.
- February 2024 : NASA panel, invited reviewer “Solar Orbiter Guest Investigators program”.
- 2024 : Guest Editor, Planetary Space Weather.
- 2020 - 2023 : Guest Editor, Planetary and Space Science, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
- 2021 : NASA panel, invited reviewer, “Discovery Data Analysis”
- 2021 - 2022 : Editor of a special issue, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
- 2018 - present : Reviewer for several international journals.
MANAGEMENT
- 2020 - 2025 : Elected member of LPP Council
- 2020 - 2023 : Member of LPP "Communication & Outreach" group
- 2014 - 2016 : Member of LPP "Communication & Outreach" group
- 2014 - 2016 : Representative of Ph.D students in LPP Council
AWARDS
2023 : ESA (European Space Agency) Award in recognition for your outstanding contribution to the JUICE Mission.
2022 : ESA Award in recognition for your outstanding contribution to the Cluster Mission.
2019 : Vincenzo Ferraro Prize for young scholars in Space Physics
2018 : ’’NASA Group Achievement Award’’ : Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science Team.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2023 : PI of ISEE International Workshop, Japan, University of Nagoya.
2023 - 2025 : Co-PI of ISSI proposal with L. Sorriso-Valvo (KTH, Sweden)
2022 - 2025 : Co-PI of the ECOS-SUD proposal (UBA-CONICET). Bilateral cooperation France - Argentina
2019 : ESA Research Fellowship
2018 : Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Cassini Science Symposium, Boulder/USA
2011 : Erasmus Mundus Excellence scholarship from the European Commission
STUDENTS SUPERVISON
Ph.D. students
2023 – 2026 :
Xue Wang, co-supervision with F. Sahraoui and S. Aizawa "Investigation of the dynamics of Mercury’s magnetosphere : BepiColombo observations and numerical simulations"
Master and Bachelor students
2024 – 2025 :
Fabien Saladini and Romain kravtchenko (Master 1, Parcours d’Approfondissement "Science et Défis du Spatial" of the École Polyteccnique) : "Perturbation mitigation and data cleaning of Search-Coil Magnetometer (SCM) measurements from the Cassini Spacecraft"
Iana Reshetnikova and Olita Zadoroznaja (Bachelor program of the École Polytechnique) : "Tethys and Dione plasma environment using Cassini’s particles and magnetic field data"
2023 – 2024 :
Titouan Marechal (Engineering school, ENSTA, Bretagne) co-supervision with D. Delcourt : "L’environnement plasma de la magnétosphère de Mercure : Observations BepiColombo et modélisation numérique"
Khalil Ben Ghali (Master 1, Parcours d’Approfondissement "Science et Défis du Spatial" of the École Polyteccnique) : "Solar Wind Turbulence at the MHD Scale : Exploring its Evolution Across the Solar Cycle"
Arthur Paradis (Master 1, Parcours d’Approfondissement "Science et Défis du Spatial" of the École Polyteccnique) : "In-situ investigation of the plasma environment of Enceladus and its electrodynamic coupling with Saturn"
Salomé Mosiashvili (Bachelor program of the École Polytechnique) : "Data analysis of the Cassini spacecraft observations near Enceladus"
Nicolas Halley (Bachelor program of the École Polytechnique) : "Data analysis of the Cassini spacecraft observations near the icy moons of Saturn"
2022 – 2023 :
Sarah Al Humaikani and Alexis Launois (Master 1, Parcours d’Approfondissement "Science et Défis du Spatial" of the École Polyteccnique) : "Coordinated observations of transient events in the inner heliosphere using in situ spacecraft data"
2021 – 2022 :
Pierre Fulco (Master 1). Co-supervision with D. Fontaine : "Caractéristiques d’événements solaires dans l’héliosphère interne 12 avril – 09 juillet"
Nicolas Tufel, Raphaël Dehont et Léopold Maurice, (M1, Parcours d’Approfondissement "Science et Défis du Spatial" of the École Polyteccnique), co-supervision with F. Sahraoui : "Turbulence et accélération du vent solaire"
2018 :
Khaled Al Moulla, Bachelor’s project at Uppsala University. "Turbulence at MHD and sub-ion scales in the magnetosheath of Saturn : a comparative study between quasi-perpendicular and quasi-parallel bow shocks using in-situ Cassini data". URN:diva-354775.
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