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Webinar with Laurette Piani

Woman in Science Webinar - Unveiling Water Distribution in the Early Solar System

This webinar explores water distribution in the early solar system using LG‑SIMS, featuring researcher Laurette Piani in celebration of Women and Girls in Science.
06 February 2025 - 06 February 2025
Online (webinar)
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This year again, CAMECA is pleased to host a webinar in celebration of the International Day of Women & Girls in Science! Our guest speaker, Laurette Piani, will delve into the fascinating topic of water distribution in the early solar system, explored through the lens of Large Geometry Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (LG-SIMS).

 

Key learnings will include:

  • Discover the significance of primitive meteorites as archives of our solar system’s history;
  • Understand the role of hydrogen isotopes in tracing the origins and distribution of water in the solar system;
  • Learn about the application and importance of LG-SIMS in planetary science;
  • Gain insights into the methodologies used to study volatile elements in extraterrestrial materials.
Laurette Piani
About the Speaker 

Laurette Piani, a CNRS Researcher at the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG) since 2018. She specializes in studying meteorites to understand the distribution of water in the forming solar system. After completing her PhD at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris in 2012, Laurette has focused on the nature and distribution of volatile elements such as hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen in the solar system by examining various types of meteorites. Since 2022, she has been the scientific lead of the LG-SIMS platform at CRPG, where her leadership and expertise continue to drive significant advancements in planetary science.

Céline Defouilloy
About the Host

Céline Defouilloy, Applications Engineer at CAMECA since 2018, specializing in LG-SIMS and NanoSIMS applications. She initially familiarized herself with a SIMS instrument during her PhD, employing an IMS 3f to study iron meteorites. She then joined the WiscSIMS National Facility for Stable Isotope Geochemistry applying Large-Geometry SIMS to a varietay of cosmochemical studies. Throughout her earlier career as a cosmochemical scientist, she collaborated with NASA on the analysis of dust materials from the comet Wild 2 retrieved by the Stardust mission.