Léa Griton

Research Expert - France - Ile-de-France - Paris

Biography

Léa Griton has a doctorate in astrophysics, researcher at IRAP (Toulouse). A specialist in plasma physics in the Solar System, she is researching the origins of the solar wind thanks to the Parker Solar Probe (NASA) mission. Very involved in the BepiColombo space mission, it performs numerical simulations of the interaction of the solar wind with the planet Mercury. She also studies the magnetosphere of Uranus. She works with associations (Wax-Science, Women & Sciences) to encourage young girls to embark on a scientific career.