In September, Frédéric was awarded a medal for commitment by Edouard Kaminski, president of Université Paris Cité. This ceremony was created also to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Université Paris Cité. Congratulations Fred!
News from the METAL Project
Stay updated with the latest news about the METAL project. Follow our scientific research progress in cosmochemistry and planetary formation through media coverage.IPGP received a sample from the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission
This month, we received 100 mg of the asteroid Bennu, sampled by the OSIRIS-REx mission (NASA) which returned to Earth in September 2023. This very precious sample will be analysed in our lab for its chemical and isotopic compositions using our state-of-the-art...
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
Goldschmidt 2025 in Prague
Goldschmidt conference is always a good occasion to gather former and current members of my team
First Twitch by the Institut de physique du globe de Paris about space missions and sample return missions in which we are deeply involved
https://youtu.be/x_MS-CxiduM?si=urQQTGaS9NG_6MNn
Interview for the French media Radio France Internationale regarding how we use isotopes to study extraterrestrial samples, but also Alzheimer disease
https://youtu.be/O8wECtKOjJE?si=wIUucFIqq_YUFhUO
IPGP features our recent collection of a lunar sample returned by the Chang’e 5 mission.
Collaborations and Partnerships
https://www.ipgp.fr/en/news-and-agenda/news/the-institute-receives-a-precious-sample-of-lunar-basalt-from-the-chinese-change-5-mission/
An article in the CNRS newsletter of the China’s office.
Thanks to the CNRS chinese office to promote our work on extra-terrestrial samples. For the full high resolution newsletter : https://beijing.office.cnrs.fr/publications/
A research highlight from the IPGP communication team on PhD student Linru Fang recent articly on the oldest Solar System lava, the meteorite Erg Chech 002.
https://www.ipgp.fr/en/news-and-agenda/news/the-study-of-a-meteorite-provides-insights-into-the-early-stages-of-solar-system-formation/
Very honored to become an AGU fellow during the 2024 meeting in Washington DC attended by over 25000 people.
On stage at the 2024 AGU honor ceremony AGU fellowship
Wei Dai defended his PhD on Ca and K isotope cosmochemistry
Achievements and Honors, Some News from the Lab
Celebration of Wei's PhD thesis.
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.
https://www.univ-perp.fr/recherche/conferences-de-la-formation-de-la-lune-a-la-maladie-dalzheimer









