Camille Cartier

EDUCATION

2011–2014      PhD in Earth Sciences (Petrology – Geochemistry) / Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France / Supervisors: T. Hammouda & M. Boyet.

2010–2011      Master 2 “Magmas and volcanos” / Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France / Research project supervisors: T. Hammouda & M. Boyet.

2009–2010      Master 1 “Earth and solid planets” / Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France / Research project supervisor: M. Toplis.

2005–2008      Licence “Universe and Earth Sciences” / Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

POSITIONS (previous and present)

2022–2023      CNRS researcher (1-year assignment), Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.

2017–present   Associate Professor (teaching/research time: 50/50). Département des Géosciences, CRPG, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.

2015–2017      Postdoctoral researcher / Département de Géologie, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2017–2021      (declined) Postdoctoral grant, FNRS – National Scientific Research Fund, 3 years funding, Université de Liège, Belgium.

2015                Prix Haüy-Lacroix (thesis award), Société Française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie et la Société Géologique, France.

2015                Prix Jeune Chercheur (young researcher popularization prize), ville de Clermont-Ferrand, France.

2011–2014      PhD grant, French Ministry of Research 3 years funding, Université Blaise Pascal, France.

FUNDING obtained as the principal investigator

2024-2029       ANR JCJC / 371 k€ / Project:IMPAcToR. “Aubrite meteorites: relicts of a large protoplanet Mercury?”
2024                OTELO Ruptures / 9.8 k€ / Project: ‘Datation in-situ Al-Mg et Mn-Cr des aubrites’.

2023-2025       ESA contract / 30 k€ / Project: ‘Preparation and characterization of Mercury analogues for the calibration of BepiColombo data’.

2023                INSU-PNP program, CNRS / 10 k€ / Project: Aubrites In-Situ (Origin of aubrites: in-situ measurements of trace elements and oxygen isotopes).

2021–2022      INSU-PNP program, CNRS / 15 k€ / Project: MAREDSOUS (Experimental study of the crystallization of ultra-reducing, S-rich magmas).

2021                ESRF Synchrotron beamtime (1 week) / Project: ‘Ti, V and Cr valences in olivines of CV3 chondrites: insights into chondrules formation’.

2019–2021      Future Leader ERC Track, LUE, Université de Lorraine / 30 k€, compensation of teaching hours (30%) / Project: REACTION (REdox conditions in the ACcreTION disk).

2018                INSU-PNP program, CNRS / 10 k€ / Project: ‘metal/silicate fractionations in the Solar System’.

2013                ESRF Synchrotron beamtime (1 week) / Project: ‘High field strength element behavior during planetary accretion’.

TEACHING activities @UL

Redox Planetology, M2 Terre et Planètes

Extraterrestrial Magmatism, M1 Sciences de la Terre, planètes et Environnement »

Igneous Petrology, M1 Sciences de la Terre, planètes et Environnement

Universe and Solar System, L3 Biologie – Géologie

Geochemistry, L3 Biologie – Géologie

Volcanology, L2 Géosciences

Igneous Petrology, L2 Géosciences

Universe and Solar System, L1 Géosciences

https://master-stpe.formation.univ-lorraine.fr/

https://crpg.univ-lorraine.fr/master2-terre-planetes/

Other TEACHING activities

2024      Invited lecture Les Houches School of Physics “Small bodies of the Solar System and their link with extraterrestrial samples”

SUPERVISION of undergraduate and graduate students

2023–2024      Research Intern. M. Lacheux (M2, U. Lorraine) / J. Ragnaud (M2, U. Lorraine)

2022–2023      Research Intern. L. Loth (M2, U. Lorraine)

2021–2022      Research Intern. L. Llado (M2, U. Lorraine)

2020–2021      Research Intern. L. Llado (M1, U. Lorraine) / License students

2019–2023      PhD (principal supervisor) N. Schnuriger (U. Lorraine)

2018–2023      PhD (co-supervisor) H. Pirotte (U. Liège)

2018–2019      Research Intern. N. Schnuriger (M2, U. Sorbonne) / License students

2017–2018      Research Intern. M. Morgano (M1, U. Lorraine) / Research Intern. A. Gillon (M1, ENSG) + Research Intern. H. Pirotte (M2, U. Liège) / License students (U. Lorraine)

OUTREACH

2024                Article in l’EST Republicain about the recent fall of the Ribbeck meteorite.

Animation on meteorites at the Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy elementary school, France.

Animation on meteorites at Maxéville prison, France.

2023                Exhibition of photographs of a meteorite collection mission in the Atacama desert, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.

Animation on meteorites at “Le Féru des Sciences”, Jarville-la-Malgrange, France.

Presentations on the theme of ‘Space’ at the Nancy children’s hospital, France.

Conference about planetary formation and meteorites as part of the ‘Pint of Science’ event, Metz, France.

2022                Animation on meteorites as part of the “Jardin Ephémère” of the City of Nancy, France.

Article in the New York Times magazine (USA) about my work on Mercury and meteorites.

2019                ‘Science coffees’ as part of the 80th anniversary of the CNRS, France.

Conference on the theme of ‘Space’ in Lunéville, France.

2018                Presentations on the theme of ‘Space’ at the Nancy children’s hospital, France.

2015                Outreach conference about PhD work, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

2023 – 2026     Member of the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society

2022 – present Member of the ESA’s BepiColombo Surface and Composition Working Group

2022                Team member of J. Gattacceca’s (CEREGE, France) field mission to collect meteorites in the Atacama desert (Chile).

2020 – 2023     Scientific advisor at Société Française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie (SFMC)

PUBLICATIONS in international peer-reviewed journals

* Student working under the supervision of Cartier C.

Under review

18. Leon-Dasi M., Besse S., Cartier C., Barraud O., Maturilli A., Doressoundiram A., Benkhoff J. and Llado L.* (2024) Effects of observation geometry and heating on Mercury simulant from ultra-violet to near-infrared spectroscopy. Icarus.

2024

17. Anzures B.A., Parman S.W., Miliken R.E., Namur O., Cartier C., McCubbin F. M., Vander Kaaden K.E., Prissel K., Iacovino K., Lanzirotti A. and Newville M. (2024) An Oxygen Fugacity-Temperature-Pressure-Composition Model for Sulfide Speciation in Mercurian Magmas. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.

16. Gattacceca J., McCubbin F. M., Grossman J. N., Schrader D. L., Cartier C., Consolmagno G., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Joy K. H., Miao B. and Zhang B. (2024) The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 112. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 4, 1–4.

15. Cartier C., Llado L.*, Pirotte H.*, Tissandier L., Namur O., Collinet M., Wang S.-J. and Charlier B. (2024) Partitioning of nickel and cobalt between metal and silicate melts: Expanding the oxy-barometer to reducing conditions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 367, 142–164.

2023    

14. Pirotte H.*, Cartier C., Namur O., Pommier A., Zhang Y., Berndt J., Klemme S. and Charlier B. (2023) Internal differentiation and volatile budget of Mercury inferred from the partitioning of heat-producing elements at highly reduced conditions. Icarus 405, 115699.

2022

13. Schnuriger N.*, Cartier C., Villeneuve J., Batanova V., Regnault M. and Marrocchi Y. (2022) Spinels in CV chondrules: Investigating precursor legacy and chondrule thermal histories. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 57, 1018–1037.

12. Hammouda T., Boyet M., Frossard P., Cartier C. (2022) The message of oldhamites from enstatite chondrites. Prog. Earth Planet. Sci. 9, 1–19.

11. Condamine P., Tournier S., Charlier B., Médard E., Dalou C., Tissandier L., Lequin D., Cartier C., Füri E., Burnard P.G., Demouchy S., and Marrocchi Y. (2022) Influence of intensive parameters (P, T, t) and assemblies on the pressure reproducibility and friction evolution during piston-cylinder experiments. Am. Mineral. 107, 1575–1581.

2021 

10. Vernazza P., Beck P., Ruesch O., Bischoff A., Bonal L., Brennecka G., Brunetto R., Busemann H., Carter J., Carli C., Cartier C., Ciarniello M., Debaille V., Delsanti A.,  D’Hendecourt L., Füri E., Groussin O., Guilbert‑Lepoutre A., Helbert J, Hoppe P., Jehin E., Jorda L., King A., Kleine T., Lamy P., Lasue J., Le Guillou C., Leroux H., Leya I., Magna T., Marrocchi Y., Morlok A., Mousis O., Palomba E., Piani L., Quirico E., Remusat L., Roskosz M., Rubin M., Russell S., Schönbächler M., Thomas N., Villeneuve J., Vinogradoff V., Wurz P., Zanda B. (2021) Sample return of primitive matter from the outer Solar System. Exp. Astron., 1–25.

2020

9. Anzures B.A., Parman S.W., Milliken R.E., Namur O., Cartier C., and Wang S. (2020) Effect of sulfur speciation on chemical and physical properties of very reduced mercurian melts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 286, 1–18.

8. Cartier C., Namur O., Nittler L.R., Weider S.Z., Crapster-Pregont E., Vorburger A., Frank E. and Charlier B. (2020) No FeS layer in Mercury? evidence from Ti/Al measured by MESSENGER. Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 534.

2019 

7. Cartier C. and Wood B.J. (2019) The role of reducing conditions in building Mercury. Elements. 15, 39–45.

2017  

6. Bouhifd M.A., Clesi V., Boujibar A., Bolfan-Casanova N., Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Manthilake G., Monteux J. and Andrault D. (2017) Silicate melts during Earth’s core formation. Chem. Geol. 461, 128–139.

2016  

5. Namur O., Charlier B., Holtz F., Cartier C. and McCammon C. (2016) Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury. Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 448, 102–114.

2015               

4. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Mathon O., Testemale D. and Moine B. (2015) Evidence for Nb²⁺ and Ta³⁺ in silicate melts under highly reducing conditions: a XANES study. Am. Mineral. 100, 2152–2158.

3. Bouhifd M.A., Boyet M., Cartier C., Hammouda T., Bolfan-Casanova N., Devidal J.L and Andrault D. (2015) Impact of the Earth’s core formation on the Sm-Nd fractionation. Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 413, 158–166.

2014               

2. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Bouhifd M.A. and Devidal J.L. (2014) Redox control on Nb/Ta fractionation during planetary accretion. Nature Geoscience 7, 573–576.

1. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Doucelance R., Boyet M., Devidal J.L. and Moine B. (2014) Experimental study of trace element partitioning between enstatite and melt in Enstatite-Chondrites at low oxygen fugacities and 5 GPa. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 130, 167–187.

Theses, dissertations, book chapters, book reviews

 2020

5. Cartier C. (2020) “Planetary Geoscience”, by McSween Jr., H. Y., Moersch, J. E., Burr, D. M., Dunne, W. M., Emery, J. P., Kah, L. C., and McCanta, M. C. Eur J. Mineral. 32, 501-503.

2017

4. Andrault D. Bolfan-Casanova N., Bouhifd M.A., Boujibar A., Boyet M., Cartier C., Clesi V., Doucelance R., Hammouda T., Laubier M., Manthilake G., Marin-Carbonne J., Martin H., Moine B., Monteux J., Moyen J.F., Paquette J.L. « Environnement de la Terre primitive: Comment construire une planète habitable? », dans DES VOLCANS AUX NUAGES L’Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand.

2015

3. Cartier C. Comportement des terres rares et des éléments fortement chargés pendant la différenciation précoce de la Terre sous faible fugacité d’oxygène, Université Blaise Pascal.

2012   

2. Cartier C. Détermination expérimentale des coefficients de partage des REE et des HFSE lors de la fusion des chondrites à enstatite : rôle de la fugacité d’oxygène, Université Blaise Pascal.

2010    

1. Cartier C. Caractérisation d’une achondrite atypique (brachinite), Université Paul Sabatier. 

Invited CONFERENCES

2023

9. Cartier C. Ni and Co metal/silicate partitioning: tracing pressure and oxygen fugacity conditions of planetary differentiation. Invited talk, International Conference on Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Zuhai, China.

8. Cartier C. Is a large proto-Mercury the aubrite parent body? Invited talk, Munster Institut für Mineralogie, Münster, Germany.

2022

7. Cartier C. A large proto-Mercury as the aubrite parent body. Invited talk, virtual meeting of the BepiColombo Surface and Composition Working Group.

6. Cartier C. A large proto-Mercury as the aubrite parent body. Invited talk, LMV Seminars, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

2021   

5. Cartier C. A large proto-Mercury as the aubrite parent body. Invited talk, Bayerisches Geoinstitut Seminars, Bayreuth, virtual.

4. Cartier C., Namur O. and Charlier B. Mercury: the reduced planet. Invited talk, Goldschmidt Conference, Virtual.

2016 

3. Cartier C. Différenciation planétaire en conditions réductrices – Approche expérimentale. Invited talk, séminaires, Nancy, France.

2. Cartier C. Différenciation planétaire en conditions réductrices – Approche expérimentale. Invited talk, Cafés Cosmo, Nancy, France.

2015   

1. Cartier C. Comportement des terres rares (REE) et des éléments fortement chargés (HFSE) pendant la différenciation précoce de la Terre sous faible fugacité d’oxygène. Invited talk, Liège, Belgium.

Articles and interviews in MEDIAS

2024

“L’incroyable histoire d’une météorite ultra-rare tombée près de Berlin et étudiée près de Nancy”, l’EST Républicain.
https://www.estrepublicain.fr/insolite/2024/05/18/insolite-l-incroyable-histoire-d-une-meteorite-ultra-rare-tombee-pres-de-berlin-et-etudiee-pres-de-nancy

2022  

“Shards of the Planet Mercury May Be Hiding on Earth”, the New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/science/mercury-meteorites-aubrites.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/science/mercury-meteorites-aubrites.html

“Mercury Could Be Littered With Diamonds”, WIRED magazine.

https://www.wired.com/story/mercury-could-be-littered-with-diamonds/?fbclid=IwAR0mcRw5kfqCt1YcvzbZDWB5Y2uHPiduTz8QHsTQvC9UyXpo4mevsbfq5Tg

CONFERENCES

* Student working under the supervision of Cartier C.

2024

2023

40. Namur O., Tosi N., Cartier C., Lin Y., Zhang Y., Saracino F., Llado L., Pirotte H.*, Charlier B. International Conference on Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Zuhai, China.

39. Cartier C., Llado L.*, Pirotte H.*, Tissandier L., Namur O., Charlier B. and Collinet M. Ni and Co metal/silicate partitioning: tracing pressure and oxygen fugacity conditions of planetary differentiation. Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France.

38. Namur O., Tosi N., Shorttle O., Cartier C., Lin Y., Zhang Y., Saracino F., Llado L., Pirotte H., and Charlier B. Mercury’s mantle as constrained by its crust. Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France.

37. Pirotte H.*, NamurO., Cartier C.,, Pommier A., Zhang Y., Berndt J., Klemme S. and Charlier B. Investigating Mercury’s internal structure and volatile budget using trace elements partitioning experiments. Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France.

36. Namur O., Tosi N., Shorttle O., Cartier C., Lin Y., Zhang Y., Saracino F., Llado L., Pirotte H., and Charlier B. Mercury’s mantle as constrained by high-pressure experiments. EMPG Conference, Milano, Italy.

2022

35. Llado L.*, Cartier C., Tissandier L. and Schnuriger N.* Trace element partitioning between olivine, orthopyroxene, silicate melt, metal and sulfide in experimental chondrules equilibrated with nebular gas. 85th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society, Glasgow, UK.

34. Schnuriger N.*, Cartier C., Villeneuve J., Batanova V.G., Regnault M. and Marrocchi Y. Spinel in CV chondrules: Investingatinf precursor legacy and chondrule thermal histories. 85th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society, Glasgow, UK.

33. Namur O., Charlier B. and Cartier C. Carbon partitioning in metal and silicate melts under reducing conditions: implications for Mercury. Goldschmidt Conference, Hawaii, USA.

32. Cartier C., Charlier B., Boyet M., Spalding C. and Namur O. A large proto-Mercury as the aubrite parent body. Mercury Science Conference, Orléans, France.

31. Cartier C., Charlier B., Boyet M., Spalding C. and Namur O. A large proto-Mercury as the aubrite parent body. 53^th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, USA.

2021  

30. Schnuriger N.*, Cartier C., Villeneuve J., Batanova V.G., Regnault M. and Marrocchi Y. Spinel in CV chondrules: Insights into chondrule thermal histories. Paneth Kolloquium, Nordlingen, virtual.

29. Pirotte H.*, Cartier C., Namur O., Pommier A. and Charlier B. Equilibria and trace element partitioning in silicate-metal-sulfide melts under highly reducing conditions: a key to understand the evolution of Mercury. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, virtual.

28. Schnuriger N.*, Cartier C., Villeneuve J., Batanova V.G., Regnault M. and Marrocchi Y. Origin of spinel in CV chondrules. Goldschmidt Conference, Virtual.

27. Pirotte H.*, Cartier C., Namur O., Pommier A. and Charlier B. Understanding the evolution of Mercury using minor and trace elements partitioning between silicate, metal and sulfide melts. COMPRES Meeting, Virtual.

26. Pirotte H.*, Cartier C., Namur O., Pommier A. and Charlier B. Equilibria and trace element partitioning in silicate-metal-sulfide melts under highly reducing conditions: a key to understand the evolution of Mercury. 7th International
Geologica Belgica Meeting, Tervuren, Belgium.

25. Anzures B.A., Parman S.W., Miliken R.E., Namur O. and Cartier C. Sulfide Speciation in Mercurian Magmas. 52^th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, USA.

2020  

24. Namur O., Charlier B. Cartier C., Villeneuve J. and Berndt J. Carbon partitioning under reducing conditions: implications for Mercury. EMPG Conference, Zürich, Switzerland.

2019 

23. Pirotte H.*, Cartier C., Namur O., Pommier A. and Charlier B. The Distribution of Heat producing Elements during Mercury Evolution. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, USA.

22. Anzures B.A., Parman S.W., Milliken R.E. Namur O. and Cartier C. An fO₂-P-T-X Model of Sulfur Speciation in Reduced Basaltic Melts. Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

21. Cartier C., Namur O., Nittler L.R. and Charlier B. No FeS layer in Mercury: evidence from Ti/Al measured by MESSENGER. Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

20. L.R. Nittler, C. Cartier, B. Charlier, E. Crapster-Pregont, E.A. Frank, O. Namur, R.D. Starr, A. Vorburger, S.Z. Weider. The Surface Abundance of Titanium on Mercury. 50^th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, USA.

2018     

19. Cartier C., Namur O., Charlier B. Ti as Mercury’s core formation tracer: evidence for negligible FeS layer. EMPG conference, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

18. Charlier B., Namur O., Cartier C. Perspectives on magmatic differentiation of Mercury. LPI Mercury Meeting, Columbia, Maryland, USA.

2017  

17. Namur O., Charlier B., Cartier C. Experimental constraints on the differentiation of Planet Mercury. AGO, Liège, Belgium

16. Cartier C., Namur O., Charlier B. Ti as Mercury’s core formation tracer: evidence for negligible FeS layer. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

15. Charlier B, Namur O., Cartier C. Sulfur in reduced magmas and the implications for Mercury. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

14. Cartier C., Namur O., Charlier B. No FeS layer in Mercury? Evidence from Ti/Al measured by MESSENGER. 48^th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, USA.

13. Cartier C., Namur O., Charlier B., Inner planets, reduced planets? The case of Mercury, Planet Toppers Meeting, Bruxelles, Belgium.

2016  

12. Cartier C., Namur O., Charlier B. Mercury’s Early history as revealed by siderophile and chalcophile elements. Laboratory inauguration, Liège, Belgium.

11. Cartier C., Namur O., Charlier B. Elements partitioning during Mercury’s two shells core formation. Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.

10. Namur O., Charlier B., Holtz F., Cartier C. McCammon C. Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

9. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Bouhifd M.A., Mathon O. Nb/Ta fractionation as a planetary differenciation fO₂ tracer. EMPG Conference, Zürich, Switzerland.

2014  

8. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Bouhifd M.A. and Devidal J.L. Redox Control on Nb/Ta Fractionation: New Constraints on the Earth Moon System_. Goldschmidt Conference, Sacramento, United-States.

7. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Bouhifd M.A. and Devidal J.L. Redox Control on Nb/Ta during planetary accretion. Accrete Workshop, Nice, France.

2013

6. Cartier C, Hammouda T., Boyet M., Bouhifd M.A. and Devidal J.L. Nb/Ta decoupling under low fo_2. Goldschmidt Conference, Florence, Italy.

5. Hammouda T., Bouhifd M.A., Moine B., Cartier C. and Devidal J.L. Major Melting on EL Enstatite Chondrite Parent Body_. Goldschmidt Conference, Florence, Italy.

2012 

4. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Bouhifd M.A. and Devidal J.L. Calcul de la fO₂ intrinsèque d’expériences réalisées en presse multi-enclumes et en conditions réductrices. Forum des hautes pressions, Enval, France.

3. Hammouda T., Cartier C., Boyet M., Moine B. and Devidal J.L. The role of sulfides on high field-strength element budget during enstatite chondrite melting. Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Canada.

2. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Doucelance R., Moine B. Détermination expérimentale des coefficients de partage des REE et HFSE lors de la fusion de chondrites à enstatite : rôle de la fugacité d’oxygène. Congrès des doctorants de l’OPGC, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

1. Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Devidal J.L. REE and HFSE behavior during melting of enstatite chondrite at low oxygen fugacity. EMPG, Kiel, Germany.