The ISTO Team
Earth Sciences Institute of Orléans (ISTO),
France
Orléans (France) Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans
At ISTO, thanks to experimental and numerical research actions, we calibrate the thermodynamic laws defining the interactions between the fluids and both solid-molten rocks taking place in Exoplanets

The ISTO Team

Research Interests: The role of magmatism and volatile elements in forming planetary systems.
Contact:
fabrice.gaillard@cnrs-orleans.fr

Research Interests: Chemical and volatiles control on melt structure dynamics and magma properties
Contact:
dmitry.bondar@uni-bayreuth.de
Dmitry Bondar
Dr. / Postdoctoral researcher

My research focuses on exoplanetary mantle melting using experimental data and thermodynamic modelling.
Contact:
ville.virtanen@cnrs-orleans.fr
ORCiD: 0000-0001-9273-6506

My research investigates the cycling of volatile elements in planetary interiors, bridging mantle geochemistry, magmatic systems and hydrothermal environments.
Contact:
pbeaudr1@jhu.edu
Patrick Beaudry
Postdoctoral researcher

I am strongly interested in mineralogical and petrological phase relations, chemical reactions within volatile-bearing systems (e.g., C-H-O-S) under extreme conditions, investigated by high-pressure experimental simulations.
contact:
jtzhu.pku@gmail.com
website: link
Jintao Zhu
Postdoc