Laurette Piani

Laurette Piani is a CNRS Researcher (Chargée de Recherche) at the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG) in Nancy, France, within the University of Lorraine. Her research focuses on the origin and distribution of water and organic compounds in planetary materials, with a specialization in light element isotopic analysis (H, C, N, O). She investigates meteorites, particularly chondrites, to trace the evolution of volatile elements in the early Solar System.

Education & Career:

• PhD 2008-2012: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), studying volatile elements in chondrites.
• Postdoctoral Fellowships (2012-2015): CRPG Nancy and Hokkaido University (Japan), focusing on sulfur solubility and interstellar organic residues.
• Lecturer (2015-2017): Hokkaido University, teaching cosmochemistry.
• Current Position: CNRS Researcher since 2018, leading the HYDRaTE project (ANR-funded).

Research Interests:

• Hydrogen and water delivery mechanisms to terrestrial planets.
• Isotope fractionation in interstellar and protoplanetary environments.
• Experimental simulations of organic residue evolution (PICACHU project).
• Chondrule formation processes and sulfur behavior in meteorites.

Grants & Projects:

• HYDRaTE (ANR-19-CE31-0027-01): 4-year study on hydrogen distribution in chondritic materials (2020-2024).
• ERC Photonis: Investigating isotope fractionation during ionization (2017-2021).
• JSPS/CNRS Sakura Project: Chondrule cooling and sulfur dynamics (2015-2018).

Labs & Collaborations: Leads the CRPG cosmochemistry team, collaborates with institutions like Hokkaido University (Japan), CSNSM-MNHN (Paris), and IMPMC (Paris).