Julien CHANTEL
Unité Matériaux et Transformations 12th of April 1984 in Issoire (France)
Bâtiment C6, bureau 109 Nationality: French
Université de Lille Languages: French (native)
59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France English (fluent)
julien.chantel@univ-lille.fr German (intermediate)
PhD in Experimental petrology
Research Interests
• Mineral and melt physics
• HT/HP experimentation
• In situ measurement of physical properties of rocks, minerals and fluids.
Key skills
Experimental: Multi-anvil press, piston-cylinder apparatus, Paris-Edinburgh press, Diamond anvil cell, 1 atm furnace, measurement of acoustic properties and electrical resistivity.
Analytical: Synchrotron x-ray diffraction and radiography, optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, FTIR, SEM and EBSD, EPMA.
Machine shop: Lathe, milling machine, CNC milling machine, grinding machine, precision laser cutting.
Education
2008-2012 PhD in Earth Sciences, between two institutes: Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth University (Germany) and the ID06 synchrotron beamline, ESRF, Grenoble (France). Title: “Measurement of elastic properties of silicates at realistic mantle pressures”. Supervisors: Prof. D.J. Frost (BGI) and Dr. W.A. Crichton (ESRF).
2006-2008 Master degree, LMV, B. Pascal University, Clermont-Fd (France).
2003-2006 Bachelor degree, B. Pascal University, Clermont-Fd (France).
2003 Scientific High-School degree, Murat High-School, Issoire (France).
Research experience
Since Research Engineer in the Mineral Physics Group led by Prof. S. Merkel,
Sept 2017 Unité matériaux et transformations (UMET), Université Lille, Lille (France).
High pressure mineralogy experiments on synchrotron facilities and lab management at UMET.
Feb 2015 Postdoctoral Scholar in the Mineral and Melt Physics Group led by Prof. Z. Jing,
to Jun 2017 Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (USA).
In situ determination of liquid density and sound velocity of Fe-light element alloying compositions, up to 40 GPa, and their application the results to model molten cores of terrestrial planets. Most experiments are conducted in large volume presses including DIA and double stage multi-anvil devices and/or Paris-Edinburgh Press at a synchrotron facility (GSECARS, APS, Chicago) with offline technical development for measurements using sintered diamond anvils.
Dec 2012 Research Engineer in Experimental petrology team led by Prof. D. Andrault,
to Dec 2014 Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans LMV), Clermont-Fd (France).
Installation of in situ setups for acoustic properties and electrical resistivity measurements in the multi-anvil press at LMV.
HP-HT in situ determination of the thermochemical, physical and kinetics constraints of the processesof genesis, evolution and eruption of magmas.
Jan 2009 Internship: Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook, (NY, USA).
to Apr 2009 Supervisor: Prof. B. Li.
Subject: Measurement of the elastic properties of materials under elevated conditions by measuring their acoustic properties.
Jan 2008 Master 2 research: Institute for Study of the Earth’s Interior, Misasa (Japan).
to Mar 2008 Supervisors: Prof. T. Katsura and Prof. T. Yoshino.
Subject: Infiltration rate measurements at HP-HT using in situ electrical conductivity: Application to a carbonatite melt in a forsterite aggregate.
May 2007 Master 1 research: Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Fd (France).
to June 2007 Supervisor: Dr. T. Hammouda.
Subject: Apatite solubility in carbonatitic liquids and trace element partitioning at high pressure.
Synchrotron, neutron sources and free electron
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APS (Chicago, USA)(over 20 beamtimes): On 13ID-D, 13ID-C, 13BM-D (GSECARS) and 16BM-B (HPCAT) high-pressure beamlines, in collaboration with Y. Wang, T. Yu and Y. Kono. Measurement under elevated conditions of (1) elastic properties (ultrasonic interferometry), (2) Density of liquids, (3) Structure of liquid and glass (4) acoustic emissions.
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ESRF (Grenoble, France)(Half of my PhD + 12 beamtimes): On ID06 and ID27 high-pressure beamlines, in collaboration with groups from LMV, Universities of Lyon and Milan and BGI. The second half of my PhD was based on the development of the elastic properties measurements of materials under elevated conditions (multianvil and Paris Edinburgh presses), with W. Crichton on the D-DIA multi-anvil press on ID06 from 1st of May 2011 to the 30th of November 2012. On ID27 beamline, laser heating diamond anvil cell combined with radial x-ray diffraction.
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SOLEIL (Saclay, France)(10 beamtimes): Installation and starting of the DIA multi-anvil press on PSICHE high-pressure beamline, with J.P Itie and N. Guignot (SOLEIL) and the group of LMV. Tomography experiments on Paris-Edinburgh press with the group of UMET.
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PETRA (Hamburg, Germany) (3 beamtimes): On P02 beamline, radial x-ray diffraction during laser heating diamond anvil cell experiments (UMET) and resistive heating diamond anvil cell experiments (collaboration with a group from Münster, Germany).
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ORNL (Oak Ridge, USA)(1 visit): Use of neutron source on SNAP beamline in collaboration with M.Mookherjee (University of Cornell, USA).
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EuXFEL (Hamburg, Germany) (1 beamtime):Participating of the HED-DAC community project. Simultaneous heating and diffraction by laser in diamond anvil cells at high pressures. Project involving more than 50 international scientists.
Scientific production
Publications
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23 publications in peer-reviewed international journals.
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Citation metrics (source: google scholar, June 2020): 283 citations, h-index: 9.
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Complete list of publications
Communications
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5 invited presentations (seminars, conferences).
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15 other presentations given in person (orals, posters).
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Complete list of communications
Contribution to scientific meetings
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Co-organizer for the CNRS ANF (Actions Nationales de Formation), Montage et utilisation de cellules gros volumes, 3 days, 15 participants, October 2019.