Visiting scientist Prof. Dr. Rachel Popelka-Filcoff

As part of a visiting professorship, the DIM PAMIR project TraceRockArt, we are welcoming Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff to the Paris-Ile-de-France region. She holds the Rock Art Australia Minderoo Chair in Archaeological Science in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne, where she leads archaeological science initiatives. This project, organized by Lab-BC in collaboration with IPANEMA and Synchrotron SOLEIL, aims primarily to deepen collaboration between France and Australia in the field…

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Measurement campaign at the monastère royal de Brou

From June 18th to 20th, a measurement campaign was held at the monastère royal de Brou around Joan Mitchell's triptych (1969) and Judit Reigl's Ecriture en masse (1963). The campaign, organized by Chloë Coustet, Mathieu Thoury (IPANEMA) and Pauline Hélou-de La Grandière was part of the PhD thesis MODERN on the softening of certain mid-20th century oil paintings. In addition to the photoluminescence imaging developed in our laboratory, gloss imaging measurements were carried out by Lionel Simonot…

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IPANEMA at the Journées de Statistique 2025 in Marseille

This year, in addition to the sunshine of Rio and the SUN of the Saclay plateau, IPANEMA is heading for the sunshine of Marseille! The 56th Journées de Statistique, the annual conference organised by the Société Française des Statistiques, takes place this year from 2 to 6 June, at the Saint Charles campus in Marseille.Maxime Megel will be presenting recent work on the segmentation of X-ray Fluorescence images to which the laboratory is contributing, in collaboration…

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Pint of Science 2025

Pint of Science Festival - 19 to 21 may 2025 - Saclay plateauOnce again this year, IPANEMA staff are involved in promoting science on the Saclay plateau through the Pint of Science festival. The presentations will take place from 19 to 21 May 2025 in various bars, with the aim of promoting science in a friendly atmosphere. Three events will take place in OrsayThe presentations will begin on 19th May at the Hall of Beer, with…

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Consultation for ‘Avec Sciences’ on France Culture

Broadcast on 24 March 2025 on France CultureLast Thursday, Pierre Gueriau (IPANEMA & UNIL) had pleasure of speaking with Alexandre Morales, a journalist for France Culture who is in charge of ‘Avec Sciences‘.This column deciphers scientific news and issues at 6:52 a.m. on the morning show, with a new study being presented every day. This time, the focus was on an article published a few days earlier in the journal Science, which revealed that the mammals that lived…

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