Curriculum Vitae

— Education

• 2016–2021
  PhD in Energetics
  Laboratoire EM2C, CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay University, France 🇫🇷

  Thesis: “Kinetics of Nonequilibrium Recombining Nitrogen-Argon Plasmas.”
  Defended in September 2023.
  Open-access version available via DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18845332.
  Supervisors: Pr. Christophe Laux, Dr. Marie-Yvonne Perrin.
  Applications: atmospheric entry, plasma-assisted combustion, nitriding.

• 2018–2019
  Joint doctoral program (cotutelle)
  University of Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺

  Numerical simulation of wake flows for the atmospheric entry of hypersonic space vehicles.
  Supervisors: Dr. Rowan Gollan, Dr. Peter Jacobs.

• 2015–2016
  Master's degree in aerospace engineering
  Paris-Saclay University, France 🇫🇷

  Graduated “With High Honors”.

• 2013–2016
  Engineer's degree
  École Centrale Paris, France 🇫🇷

  Mathematics, physics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, aerospace engineering.
  ECP+R: a three-year research program carried out in parallel with the engineering curriculum.

• 2010–2013
  Preparatory classes (“Classes Préparatoires”)
  Lycée Masséna, Nice, France 🇫🇷

— Research experience

• Present
  Researcher
  Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS · CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay University, France 🇫🇷
  Collaboration with ArianeGroup (Les Mureaux)

  Modeling of nonequilibrium plasmas for aerospace and energy applications: development of collisional-radiative models and radiation models for rocket exhaust plumes and nanosecond discharge kinetics.

• 2021–2024
  Research engineer
  Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS · CentraleSupélec, Paris-Saclay University, France 🇫🇷
  Collaboration with ArianeGroup (Les Mureaux)

  Modeling of nonequilibrium plasmas for aerospace and energy applications: development of collisional-radiative models and radiation models for rocket exhaust plumes and nanosecond discharge kinetics.

• 2016–2021
  Doctoral research
  Laboratoire EM2C, Paris-Saclay University, France 🇫🇷

  Development of vibronic- and electronic-specific collisional-radiative models for recombining nitrogen and argon plasmas, validated against optical emission spectroscopy measurements.
  Supervisors: Pr. Christophe Laux, Dr. Marie-Yvonne Perrin.

• 2015 · 6 months
  Internship
  Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany 🇩🇪

  Development of a heat-flux measurement method: solving regularized inverse problems modeled by fractional differential equations.
  Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Löhle

— Contact & identifiers

• HAL CV
• GitHub
• ORCID 0000-0003-3057-426X
• Google Scholar
• idHAL: mariotto-pierre

A complete and always up-to-date CV is maintained on HAL (cv.hal.science/mariotto-pierre).