Pascal QUINET

Senior Research Associate of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research FNRS

Pascal Quinet

Service d'Astrophysique et de Spectroscopie
Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc
B-7000 Mons, Belgium


Tel : +32 (0)65 37 36 27
Fax : +32 (0)65 37 30 54
e-mail : quinet@umons.ac.be

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Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Atomique et de Spectroscopie (IPNAS)
Université de Liège, Sart Tilman, Bât. B15
B-4000 Liège, Belgium


Tel : +32 (0)4 366 36 97
Fax : +32 (0)4 366 28 84
e-mail : P.Quinet@ulg.ac.be




I. University studies

II. Positions

III. Teaching

  • Spectroscopie atomique et moléculaire (UMH) : Practical work.
  • Compléments de spectroscopie atomique et moléculaire (UMH) : Practical work.
  • Astrophysique (UMH) : Practical work.
  • Mesures physiques (UMH) : Lecture and practical work.
  • Spectroscopie approfondie (ULg) : Lecture.
  • Modélisation de structures atomiques (ULg) : Lecture.

IV. Research interests - Atomic physics and applications

  • Study of electronic structures of neutral and ionized atoms.
  • Investigation of allowed (E1) and forbidden (E2, M1) radiative transitions.
  • Determination of radiative lifetimes.
  • Study of dielectronic satellite lines obtained in a laser-produced plasma.
  • Analysis of experimental spectra obtained by Fourier transform spectroscopy.
  • Astrophysical applications of some atomic data.
  • Construction and maintenance of the D.R.E.A.M. atomic database.
  • Construction and maintenance of the D.E.S.I.R.E. atomic database.
  • Theoretical investigation of hollow atoms.

V. Scientific distinctions

  • Travel Grant of the Belgian Ministery of Education (1989).
  • Annual Prize of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium (1994).
  • Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Union (1993-1997).
  • Adolphe Wettrems Prize of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium (1998).
  • Member of the Belgian Physical Society (since 1989).
  • Member of the European Physical Society (since 1991).
  • Member of the European Marie Curie Association (since 1997).
  • Member of the International Astronomical Union (since 2000).
  • Board member of the Belgian Physical Society (2003-2009).
  • Board member of the Doctoral School METAMORPHOSE (since 2007).
  • Chairman of the ASOS-11 conference (to be held in Mons in 2013). Download poster here.
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the European Task Force for Laboratory Astrophysics (since 2011) Click here for details (in French).

VI. Stays abroad

  • Many stays in different laboratories/universities abroad such as, e.g. :
  • University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Queen's University of Belfast, UK.
  • Université de Rennes, France.
  • Lund University, Sweden.
  • Stockholm University, Sweden.
  • Observatoire de Meudon, France.
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.
  • Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA.
  • University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • ...

VII. Publications (up to 2010)

VIII. International conferences

  • ASOS-3, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Aug.1989).
  • EGAS-22, Uppsala, Sweden (Jul.1990).
  • ICAP-13, Munich, Germany (Aug.1992).
  • EGAS-25, Caen, France (Jul.1993).
  • EGAS-26, Barcelona, Spain (Jul.1994).
  • ECAMP-5, Edinburgh, UK (Apr.1995).
  • EC Network workshop, Daresbury, UK (Apr.1995).
  • ASOS-5, Meudon, France (Aug.1995).
  • PECAM-2, Belfast, UK (Jul.1996).
  • EU TMR Workshop, Toulouse, France (Sep.1996).
  • ECAMP-6, Siena, Italy (Jul.1998).
  • ICAP-16, Windsor, Canada (Aug.1998).
  • EGAS-31, Marseille, France (Jul.1999).
  • X-99, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Aug.1999).
  • PHOTOMAT, Brussels, Belgium (Nov.1999).
  • ICAP-17, Florence, Italy (Jun.2000).
  • Scientia Europaea, Bischoffsheim, France (Sep.2000).
  • Rare-Earths '01, Campos do Jordao, Brazil (Sep.2001).
  • ICAP-18, Cambridge, Massachussets, USA (Jul.2002).
  • Workshop on Laser-Matter Interactions, Brussels, Belgium (Sep.2002).
  • EGAS-35, Brussels, Belgium (Jul.2003).
  • ECAMP-8, Rennes, France (Jul.2004).
  • ICAP-19, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Jul.2004).
  • EGAS-37, Dublin, Ireland (Aug.2005).
  • SFP-BPS Conference, Lille, France (Aug.2005).
  • EGAS-38, Ischia, Naples, Italy (Jun.2006).
  • HCI-13, Belfast, UK (Aug.2006).
  • ECAMP-9, Hersonissos, Greece (May.2007).
  • Iron Project Meeting, Mons, Belgium (Aug.2007).
  • ICAP-21, Storrs, Connecticut, USA (Jul.2008).
  • ADAS Workshop, Jülich, Germany (Sep.2008).
  • EGAS-41, Gdansk, Poland (Jul.2009).
  • X-ray2010, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Mar.2010).
  • ECAMP-10, Salamanca, Spain (Jul.2010).
  • VUVX-37, Vancouver, Canada (Jul.2010).
  • ADAS Workshop, Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK (Oct.2010).
  • Grid Workshop, Paris, France (Dec.2010).
  • Iron Project Meeting, Paris, France (Dec.2010).
  • EGAS-43, Fribourg, Switzerland (Jun.2011).
  • ECLA-1, Paris, France (Sep.2011).
  • ADAS Workshop, Auburn, Alabama, USA (Oct.2011).

IX. Belgian scientific meetings

  • BPS Annual Conference, Namur (May.1988).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Brussels (Jun.1989).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Brussels (Mar.1990).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve (May.1990).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Antwerp (Nov.1991).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Liège (May.1992).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Liège (May.1992).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Leuven (May.1993).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Leuven (May.1993).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Brussels (Oct.1997).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Namur (May.1998).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Louvain-la-Neuve (Dec.1998).
  • SRBA seminar, Brussels (Apr.1999).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Brussels (May.1999).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Liège (Oct.1999).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Mons (Apr.2000).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve (May.2000).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Namur (Nov.2000).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Leuven (May.2001).
  • A&A FNRS Contact Group meeting, Brussels (May.2002).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Liège (Jun.2002).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Ghent (May.2003).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Brussels (Nov.2003).
  • A&A FNRS Contact Group meeting, Brussels (Mar.2004).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Mons (May.2004).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Liège (Dec.2004).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Mons (Nov.2005).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Namur (Dec.2006).
  • 1st Conference of the Doctoral School METAMORPHOSE, Louvain-la-Neuve (Jan.2007).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Louvain-la-Neuve (2007).
  • 2nd Conference of the Doctoral School METAMORPHOSE, Liège (Jan.2008).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Brussels (May.2008).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Mons (Oct.2008).
  • 3rd Conference of the Doctoral School METAMORPHOSE, Mons (Jan.2009).
  • BPS Annual Conference, Hasselt (Apr.2009).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Brussels (Oct.2009).
  • 4th Conference of the Doctoral School METAMORPHOSE, Bruxelles (Jan.2010).
  • 5th Conference of the Doctoral School METAMORPHOSE, Namur (Jan.2011).
  • AMR FNRS Contact Group meeting, Liege (Nov.2011).



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