ERC METAL Project – Understanding Terrestrial Planet Formation

The METAL project (Making tErresTriAl pLanets) aims to study the accretion and differentiation processes that shaped the current composition of Earth, the Moon, Mars, and other differentiated asteroids. We use advanced isotopic tools to understand the origin of volatile and siderophile elements in the solar system. This project, coordinated by Frédéric Moynier at IPGP, is a European partnership pushing the boundaries of cosmochemistry.
Group dinner during the Goldschmidt meeting 2023

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News and Events

Stay updated with the latest news from the METAL project, including scientific honors, collaborations, and major events.

Lunar sleepless night at IPGP

Le samedi 9 novembre, de 14h à minuit, nous organisons à l’Institut de Physique un événement autour de la Lune.

Linru Fang’s PhD Defense and Post-Doctoral Journey

Congratulations to Dr. Linru Fang for defending her PhD thesis on the origin and evolution of the first asteroids. She now moves on to postdoctoral research at the University of Copenhagen’s StarPlan group.

Frédéric Moynier elected AGU fellow 2024

Congratulations to Frédéric Moynier, member of the IPGP’s CAGE team, for being elected an AGU Fellow in 2024. This prestigious honor is awarded annually to less than 0.1% of AGU members for their exceptional contributions to Earth and space sciences. Moynier’s groundbreaking research on stable metal isotopes has enhanced our understanding of volatile elements’ origins in the Solar System.

The Disparity Between the Two Faces of the Moon: A Long-standing Enigma Decoded by Frédéric Moynier

In a recent article, Frédéric Moynier, a cosmochemist at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), delved into one of the long-standing mysteries of lunar geology: the striking difference between the Moon’s two faces.

Frédéric Moynier is very honored to be the patron (parrain) of the 2024-2027 undergraduate students from the University of Perpignan Via Domitia and is looking forward to follow the journey of these future scientists.

Frédéric Moynier is very honored to be the patron (parrain) of the 2024-2027 undergraduate students from the University of Perpignan Via Domitia and is looking forward to follow the journey of these future scientists.

Portrait de Frédéric Moynier dans le journal Le Monde

L'article intitulé « Frédéric Moynier, le cosmochimiste qui a décroché la Lune » revient sur les travaux de recherche en cosmochimie menés actuellement par Frédéric Moynier à l' Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris et Université Paris Cité où il travaille sur la...

Interview of Tu-Han by Université Paris Cité

Currently in charge of the MC-ICP-MS of our analytical platform PARI at Institut de physique du globe de Paris, our research engineer Tu-Han explains in this video a few aspects of her job. https://youtu.be/Yt8oG7ZodKA?si=durOlURvl44Ws65N

Congratulations to Haoxuan Sun for defending his PhD on planetary formation using a triple silicon isotope approach

Congratulations to Haoxuan Sun for defending his PhD on planetary formation using silicon isotope analysis. He is now moving to Washington, DC, for a postdoctoral fellowship at the Carnegie Institution for Science.