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Florian Gautier
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Contact Info
- Name
- Florian Gautier
- Preferred Pronouns
- he/him
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Affiliations
Departments
- Physics & Astronomy Department (Research Faculty)
Research Areas
- Astrophysics
- Computer Science
- Data Sciences
- Engineering
- Simulation
- Space Science
- Space Weather
Education
PhD Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas (2023)
Master in Aerospace Engineering, ISAE-SUPAERO (2019)
Master in Astrophysics, Space Science and Planetology, Université Toulouse III (2019)
MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering, Cranfield University (2018)
About
Florian Gautier joined the Physics and Astronomy Department in Fall 2023 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He is currently part of the NASA Partnership for Heliophysics and Space Environment Research (PHaSER) program. He works under the supervision Shrikanth Kanekal (NASA GSFC) and Professor Jie Zhang at Mason. Gautier works in the development of space instruments for exploration mission or proof of concept detectors.
Current Research
Gautier is currently providing support in the simulation of miniaturized particle detectors. He performs simulations for ions identification and energy measurement as well as integration testing of the instrument components. He also works as a support system engineer. As a continuation of his thesis, Gautier continues technical support on AGILE instrument for its coming flight mission.
Selected Publications
F. Gautier et al. AGILE: An innovative instrument concept to identify and characterize solar energetic particles. In: Authorea Preprints (2023)
F. Gautier et al., AGILE Instrument: Advanced Energetic Ion Electron Telescope, in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 811-817, April 2022, doi: 10.1109/TNS.2022.3159660.
F. Gautier. AGILE: Development of a Compact, Low-Power, Low-Cost, and On-Board Detector for Ion Identification and Energy Measurement. In: Instruments 6.1 (2022), p. 16, https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments6010016
F. Gautier et al., A novel technique for real-time ion identification and energy measurement for in situ space instrumentation, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spec-trometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 1012, 2021, 165599, ISSN 0168-9002, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165599.
F. Gautier et al., Drop Your Thesis! 2018 results: 4.74 seconds of microgravity conditions to enable fu-ture cubesat landings on asteroids, Acta Astronautica, Volume 176, 2020, Pages 139-155, ISSN 0094-5765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.06.003.
Awards
Drop Your Thesis! 2018 ESA programme winner as PI of Land3U experiment.
Contact Info
- Name
- Florian Gautier
- Preferred Pronouns
- he/him
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow