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Isabelle Baraffe is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Exeter (UK) since 2010, on secondment from her previous role as Professor at the Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL) in France. She holds a PhD from the University of Paris VII and University of Göttingen. Her research focuses on stellar and planetary physics, exoplanets, and brown dwarfs, with groundbreaking contributions to evolutionary models of substellar objects. She has led the Astrophysics Group at Exeter (2010–2020) and secured two Advanced ERC grants (2012, 2018) and multiple STFC grants.
Her work includes developing MUltidimensional Stellar Implicit Code (MUSIC) for 3D stellar modeling and the ATMO 2020 atmosphere models for cool stars and exoplanets. Key achievements involve explaining brown dwarf observational properties, predicting exoplanet evolution, and advancing accretion physics for low-mass stars. She serves on committees including the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Science Advisory Committee and the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics Scientific Board.
- Awards: 2024 Fred Hoyle Medal, 2023 Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture, 2020 Viktor Ambartsumian Prize
- Grants: Two ERC Advanced Grants, STFC grants (2012, 2018, 2024)
- Labs/Teams: Leading the Exeter Astrophysics Group; involved in international collaborations like MUSIC and ATMO projects
