Yann Berquin

Background

2010–2014  PhD at Université de Grenoble I — Grenoble, France

School of earth, Space and Environmental Sciences. This thesis explores planetary electromagnetic (radar) remote sensing.

2012–2013  Jet Propulsion Laboratory — Pasadena, CA

Young researcher as a PhD student. Radar data inversion to recover planetary surface reflectivity.

May 2010–July 2010  Grenoble Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics, IPAG — Grenoble, France

Research engineer. Assessment of sounding radar performances based on statistical analysis for a major ESA space mission.

2008–2009  French Institute of Petroleum, IFP — Paris, France

Master in geophysics.

March 2008–August 2008  Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, KIGAM — Daejeon, Korea

Research intern.

June 2007–August 2007  Grenoble Institute of Earth Sciences, ISTerre — Grenoble, France

Research intern.

2005–2008  Grenoble Institute of Technology, INPG — Grenoble, France

Master in applied physics.

Fall 2007  University of Toronto — Toronto, Canada

Exchange student.

Research interests

Inverse problems and data assimilation in geophyics and planetary exploration

Remote sensing, planetary geophysics and field robotics

Inversion of far field waveforms for shape reconstruction

Signal treatment and radar

Computational electromagnetics and geophysics

Current projects

As a postdoc, I am currently involved in a BMBF project on determining the soil compaction status and soil properties from vibration data during the use of excavator-mounted soil compactors. Industrial partner MTS, Hayingen.

Address, Phone, Fax, Email

Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik

Lehrstuhl Kognitive Systeme

Sand 1

D - 72076 Tübingen

 

Germany

Tel: (+49/0) 7071 / 29 70436

Fax: (+49/0) 7071 / 29 5091

Email: yann.berquin (at) uni-tuebingen.de