Invited speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS : ASA – HITRAN 2026

I. Experimental General:

  • Hélène Fleurbaey, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique (LIPhy), Université de Grenoble, France

     « Zeeman effect in Doppler-limited spectroscopy of the 1.27 µm O2 band »

  • Ella Sciamma-O'Brien,  NASA Ames Space Science, United States

      « Investigating the Spectral and Morphological Properties of (Exo)Planetary Atmospheric Aerosol Analogs and Providing them to the Community Through Curated Databases »

II. Experimental and Theoretical Line shapes:

  • Muriel Lepère, Institute of Life-Earth-Environment (ILEE), University of Namur, Belgium

     « High-Resolution Dual-Comb Spectroscopy of Mid-Infrared Line shape Parameters for Atmospheric and Planetary Science »

  • Piotr Wcisło, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

     « Accurate experimental and theoretical studies of collision-induced line-shape effects in simple molecules »

III. Atmospheric: 

  • Kimberly Strong – University of Toronto, Canada

     « From Ozone to Wildfires: Applications of Ground-based FTIR Spectroscopy »

  • Emma Turner - ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom

     « Practical selection of updated spectroscopy for implementation in the fast RTTOV satellite simulator for Numerical Weather Prediction »

IV. Planetary (including Exoplanets) Atmospheres:

  • Julien De Wit, Massachusetts Institute of Technoly (MIT), Cambridge, United States

     « High-Fidelity Opacity Models at the Core of Interpreting Information-Rich Planetary Spectra »

  • Benoît Tabone, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatial (IAS), Paris-Saclay University, France.

     « JWST observations of star and planet-forming regions: a cosmic playground for molecular spectroscopy »

  • Martin Turbet, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD) IPSL, Paris, France

     « The Impact of Molecular Absorption Continua on Planetary Climates and Habitability: Lessons and Challenges »

V. Theory:

  • Isabelle Kleiner, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), Paris, France

     « Spectroscopy of atmospheric and planetary molecules with large amplitude motions »

  • Michaël Rey, Reims (GSMA)/ Dijon (LICB), France

     « Ab initio calculations in the HITRAN database: Current status and perspectives »