Julien Girard

experimental astronomer




enjoying a sunset at Paranal Observatory

logo IPN

I am a physicist/astronomer 
currently working as
Operations Staff Astronomer 
at ESO,
 
spending my time between Santiago
and the Paranal Observatory 
in northern Chile.

Disclaimer: the content of this page is independant of ESO's standpoint.

Some news


Bye Bye Mexico! Since August 2009, I started at ESO-Chile and I am on duty (science operations) about 135 nights/year at Paranal Observatory, mostly on VLT/UT4 where most adaptive optics systems are (NaCo, SINFONI, MACAO-VLTI, Future AOF, etc.). I am progressively supporting the NaCo instrument and building up a new AO group. The remaining time is dedicated to my personal research or R&D projects, collaborations, etc.

logo IA-UNAMI will also keep working closely with my colleagues at the Instituto de  Astronomía (IA-UNAM) in Mexico.


- Observing run(s):
P1110747 

- (Quite) recent publication(s): 

- Public Outreach: I think that sciences and astronomy in particular aren't completly useless in the society. I am more and more interested in public outreach and therefore I will try to provide interesting informations and links hereby. You can also read about this photographic exhibition "Ella es Astrónoma" I produced about Women astronomers in Mexico.