Prof. Dr. Françoise Combes

• 1975 – 1978
  Assistant Professor in Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm), Paris
  
  

• 1978 – 1985
  Associate Professor in Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
  
  

• 1983 – 1985
  Part-time lecturer in Paris 6 (C4 and DEA)
  
  

• 1985 – 1989
  Staff-director of the Physics Laboratory in Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm), Paris
  
  

• 1989 – 1996
  Astronomer (2cl) at Paris Observatory
  
  

• 1996 – 2006
  Astronomer (1cl) at Paris Observatory
  
  

• 2007 – 2014
  Astronomer (CE) at Paris Observatory
  
  

• Since 2014
  Professor in Collège de France, Chair Galaxies & Cosmology
  
  

• Rose, T., Edge, A.C., Combes, F., et al: 2020, A molecular absorption line survey toward the AGN of Hydra-A, MNRAS 496, 364

• Olivares, V., Salome, P., Combes, F., et al.: 2019, Ubiquitous cold and massive filaments in cool core clusters, Astron. Astrophys. 631, A22

• Combes, F., Gupta, N., Jozsa, G.I.G., Momjian, E.: 2019, Discovery of CO absorption at z=0.05 in G0248+430, Astron. Astrophys. 623, A133

• Combes, F., Garcia-Burillo, S., Audibert, A., et al: 2019, ALMA observations of molecular tori around massive black holes, Astron. Astrophys., 623, A79

• Freundlich, J., Combes, F., Tacconi, L. J. et al.: 2019, PHIBSS2: survey design and z=0.5-0.8 results. Molecular gas reservoirs during the winding-down of star formation, Astron. Astrophys. 622, A105

• Tremblay, G. R., Combes, F., Oonk, J. B. R., et al.: 2018, A Galaxy-Scale Fountain of Cold Molecular Gas Pumped by a Black Hole, Astrophys. J., 865, 13

• Combes, F., 2018, Molecular gas in distant galaxies from ALMA studies, Astron. and Astrophys. Rev., 26, 5

• Combes F., Garcia-Burillo, S., Braine J., et al A&A (2011) 528, A124. Galaxy Evolution and Star Formation Efficiency at 0.2 < z < 0.6

• Tiret O., Combes, F. A&A (2007) 464, 517. Evolution of spiral galaxies in modified gravity

• Bournaud F., Combes F. A&A (2002) 392, 83. Gas accretion on spiral galaxies: Bar formation and renewal

• Dynamics of Galaxies: spiral structure, barred density waves

• Interaction between galaxies; N-body simulations of galaxies (FFT, tree-code)

• Gas hydrodynamics (collisions, SPH, etc.), for evolution and formation of galaxies.

• Interstellar medium of galaxies, observations of new molecules

• Galaxies at large redshift

• Molecular absorption lines in front of quasars

• Dark matter in the Universe: development of a model of dark baryonic matter, in the form of cold molecular gas.

• Statistical physics of the interstellar medium

• Member of ALMA Program Committee (panel chair), since 2011

• Member Committee ERC-Astrophysics (PE9), 2009, 2011

• Chair of Committee ANR-Astrophysics, 2010 – 2011

• President of COFUSI, since 2009

• Vice-President Division VIII (Galaxies & Cosmology) of IAU, 2009 – 2012

• Member of WSRT/LOFAR Program Committee, 2009 – 2011

• Member of the HST Program Committee, 1998, 2007

• Member of HERSCHEL Program Committee (panel chair), 2007 – 2011

• Vice-President AMA09 Committee, 2007 – 2009

• Chair of PanelD Astronet Roadmap, 2007 – 2008

• President Com 28 (galaxies) of IAU, 2006 – 2009

• Member of Council of ASA, 2005 – 2008

• President of CNFA, 2005 – 2007

• Scientific Editor of A&A, 2003 – 2014

• President of CIO, 2003 – 2006

• Vice-President Com 28 (galaxies) of IAU, 2003 – 2006

• Member of IRAM Program Committee, 2003 – 2006

• Member of Council of PNC, 2002 – 2006

• Member of Council of ASSNA, 2002 – 2006

• President of SF2A(French National Astrophysical Society), 2002 – 2004

• Co-Director of National Program Galaxies (PNG), 2001 – 2008

• Member of Scientific Council SdU-CNRS, 2001 – 2006

• SF2A council and Vice-Pres 2000-02 (French National Astrophysical Society), 2000 – 2008

• Member of Council of PCMI, 2000 – 2004

• Member of Executive Committee of Div X/Com 40 of IAU, 2000 – 2003

• Member (elected) of CSE in Paris Observatory, 2000 – 2001

• Member of CSA (the CNRS Scientific Council in Astronomy), 1999 – 2006

• Member of Council of Research Program " Galaxies ", 1998 – 2001

• Editor at " Fundamental Cosmic Physics ", 1996, 2003

• Member of ISO Program Committee, 1995 – 1996

• Member of ESO Program Committee, 1994 – 1996

• Member of IAU, AAS, EAS, SF2A

• Agregation of Physics, 1975

• Thesis of 3rd cycle, (Paris VII): "Conditions of nucleosynthesis in a symmetric universe of matter-antimatter", 1974 – 1975

• Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm), PARIS, 1971 – 1975

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