CEREGE hosts one of the top rock magnetism laboratory in France, equipped with state-of-the-art instruments, including our beloved superconducting magnetometer (left), which is used to decipher the ancient magnetic record of terrestrial and extraterrestrial rocks.

Our group is part of the broader Earth and Planetary Science Team at CEREGE. Our research interests focus on the formation of planetary bodies in our solar system, on their evolution as geological objects in the following tens of million years, as well as on impact cratering on planetary surfaces. Our approach is multidisciplinary, with a strong expertise in field geophysics, paleomagnetism, isotope geochemistry (oxygen isotopes, cosmogenic nuclides), geology, petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry.

The CEREGE is an internationally recognized research and teaching centre covering all the disciplines of environmental geosciences, including: sustainable development, natural and man-made hazards, past and present climate, current environments, processes of formation and deformation of the earth's surface, and early solar system evolution.

The CEREGE is located in the south east of France, in the countryside of the beautiful city of Aix-en-Provence. It is also not far from the vibrant city of Marseille. The area is renown for its mind-blowing landscapes (e.g., the Calanques, right)... and its 300 sunny days a year!