The ECHOES team is building expertise in coronagraphic instrumentation and exoplanet detection, with positions filled during the full duration of the project (2026-2030). The ECHOES team collaborates with the SPHERE+ consortium and leverages the infrastructure of the Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Johan Mazoyer, CNRS Research Scientist, Principal investigator

Expert in high-contrast imaging and exoplanet and debris disk detection. Currently working at Laboratoire d'instrumentation et de recherche en astrophysique (LIRA) at Paris Observatory - PSL.

Baptiste Abeloos, ONERA Research Scientist

Machine learning expert in image processing and trustworthy AI. Currently working at ONERA/DTIS (Information Processing and Systems Department).

Pierre Baudoz, Associate Astronomer at Paris Observatory - PSL

Expert in instrumentation for high-contrast imaging at LIRA. He is in charge of a the THD2 bench, a unique experimental platform in Europe at the core of the ECHOES project.

Anthony Boccaletti, CNRS Senior Research Scientist

Expert in exoplanet and circumstellar disks (debris and protoplanetary) imaging at LIRA. He is the Principal Investigator for the SPHERE+ project, at the core of ECHOES.

Raphaël Galicher, Associate Professor at Université Paris Cité

Specialist in optical instrumentation and imaging of exoplanets at LIRA.

Olivier Herscovici-Schiller, ONERA Research Scientist

Specialist of data processing algorithms to detect and characterize space objects using electromagnetic signals. Currently working at ONERA/DTIS.

María J. Mellado-Tenorio, Undergrad Student at LIRA (since 2026)

Working on advanced image processing techniques for exoplanet detection. Dual Master in Astrophysics and Computer Science, from University of Chile.

Morgane Piron, Undergrad Student at LIRA (since 2026)

Working on combining integral field spectroscopy with dark-hole imaging techniques. Trained in optical engineering at Institut d’Optique Graduate School (France) and physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden).

Eitan Péchevis, CNRS Research Engineer

Specialized in optical design, Eitan is contributing to the development of the THD2 optical testbed.

Axel Potier, Associate Professor at Université Paris Cité

Specialized in coronagraph design, wavefront sensing and control algorithms, and advanced data processing methods for exoplanet detection at LIRA.

Open Positions

This could be you. Please contact the PI if you are interested in coronagraphic research.