I am a space science researcher interested in planetary science, icy moons, space mission data analysis, and scientific software development.
🎓 I hold a background in Planetary Sciences and Space Exploration from Paris Observatory and Paris-Saclay University, and I am currently pursuing an Advanced Master's in Space Systems Engineering (TAS Astro) at ISAE-SUPAERO.
🚀 Visiting Student Researcher at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), working on numerical modelling of planetary interiors using thermodynamic and geophysical approaches. My research currently focuses on Europa, Ganymede, and the lunar interior.
🌍 I develop and improve open-source scientific tools for planetary interior modelling, including 🪐 PlanetProfile for interior structure modelling and 🌋 Planetary EOS Lab, a toolkit that streamlines Perple_X workflows for thermodynamic calculations.
💼 Former Young Graduate Trainee at the European Space Agency (ESA), where I contributed to the JUICE mission through scientific knowledge management and developed 🛰️ SolarConflux, a multi-spacecraft alignment tool supporting coordinated observations for BepiColombo.
🛠️ Creator of several open-source tools dedicated to planetary science, scientific software, and research automation.
🌱 My research interests include planetary geophysics, numerical modelling, mineral physics, thermodynamics, inverse methods, and scientific machine learning.
📫 Reach me at emma.vellard@outlook.fr or connect on LinkedIn.
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