Education

1969: Degree in Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences of Paris

1970: Master degree in Astronomy, University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)

1972: Ph.D. (Astronomy), University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)

1982: Docteur d'Etat ès Sciences (Hab. Thesis), University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)

Honors/Awards

Since 1992: Member of the Bureau des longitudes

Since 1997: Correspondant member of the (French) Académie des sciences

1986: Prix Antoine d'Abbadie of the (French) Académie des Sciences

2003: Descartes Prize of the European Union within an international team

2008: Officier de la Légion d'Honneur

2011: Commandeur de l'Ordre national du mérite

2014: Struve Medal

Professional record

1970-2002: Assistant astronomer, then Astronomer, at Observatoire de Paris; Teams: "Astrolabe", "Space Dynamics", "Bureau International de l'Heure" (BIH), "Geodesy and Earth Rotation"

1985-2001: Deputy Director (1985-1992), then Director (1993-2001), of the Department "Fundamental astronomy" (DANOF) and CNRS laboratory UMR 8630 "Space and time Reference Systems"

2002-present: Astronomer at Observatoire de Paris, Department SYRTE (Astronomer of highest class: 2009-2013; Astronomer emeritus: since 2013)

Other responsibilities

1988-2013: Supervisor of 13 Ph.D., and referee or reviewer of a large number of PhD or Hab. th. committees

1991-1999: Head of the Master degree studies and PhD studies in "Fundamental astronomy, Celestial mechanics and Geodesy" at Paris Observatory/Paris6/ENSG

1993-2001: Secretary (1993-1996), Vice-President (1997-1999), then President (2000-2001), of the Bureau des longitudes

2000-2003: President of Division 1 "Fundamental Astronomy" of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and of the IAU Commission 19 "Earth Rotation"

2003-2006: Chair of the IAU Working Group "Nomenclature for Fundamental Astronomy" (NFA)

2004-2010: President of the Scientific Council of the French Research Group in Space Geodesy (GRGS)

2006-2008: President of the "Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services" (FAGS) of ICSU

2008-2011: Vice-President (2007-2009), then President (2010-2011) of the Bureau des longitudes

Since 1980: Professor of Astronomy at the Master degree level, Paris Observatory

Since 1988: Organizer or co organizer, of the nearly annual series of international meetings entitled "Journées Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels"

Since 2000: Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of various international Colloquiums or symposiums in astronomy (especially IAU ones) and space geodesy

Since 2010: Chair of the INSU/CNRS scientific Committee on Geodesy and gravimetry

Participation in national and international committees

1986-2006: Member of various IAU and IUGG Working Groups (on reference systems, nutation, ICRS, relativity in fundamental astronomy, etc.)

1991-1994: Elected member of the National Committee of CNRS (National Scientific Research Center)

1999-2009: IAU Representative in the Directing Board of the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry

2006-2007: Member of the National Evaluation Committee for Research (CNER)

2006-2008: FAGS representative in the Governing Board of the International GNSS Service

2007-2009: Member of the ICSU Strategic Committee on "Information & Data" (SCID)

2010-2014: Member of the Council of the Observatoire in Sciences de l'Univers, Bordeaux

1980-present: Member of several hiring and review committees of different observatories/institutes

2003-present: IAU Representative in the Consultative Committee for Units (CCU) of the CIPM

2005-present: Member of the Scientific Council of the Royal Observatory of Belgium

2006-present: Member of the IAU Working Group on "Numerical standards for Fundamental Astronomy" (NSFA)

2010-present: Member of the IAU "Standards of Fundamental Astronomy" (SOFA) Board

Miscellaneous

Reviewer for international journals, such as Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astronomical Journal, Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical astronomy, Icarus, Journal of Geodesy, J. Geophys. Res., Metrologia, Planetary and Space Science, etc.

Referee for various foreign scientific projects applications (EU, Germany, UK, USA, Czech Republic, etc.)

Referee for various text book projects (Springer, Cambridge University Press, etc.)