Nicolas Lodieu's Homepage

The ExoLife Finder (ELF)
 
I am an active member of the ExoLife Finder (ELF) consortium by Jeff Kuhn.

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Papers

1. Lodieu et al. (2022, EPSC, 16, 510): Small-ELF: a propotype for the future ExoLife Finder hybrid optical telescope

2. Moretto et al. (2022, SPIE, 12188E, 0DM): An emerging hybrid technology toward ultra-light and self-correcting, "live" mirrors

3. Zhou et al. (2022, SPIE, 12182E, 2ZJ): Small-ELF Telescope: opto-mechanical design and application of tensegrity

4. Kuhn et al. (2022, SPIE, 12182E, 0GK): The small-ELF project: toward an ultra-large coronagraphic optical receiver

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Talks

1. Talk at the Innovation Workshop Multidisciplinar held on 2-3 November 2023 at IACTEC, Tenerife, Canary Islands

2. Talk at the workshop entitled "Jornadas: Acercando a la Industria al universo del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias" held on 28 September 2023 at the IACTEC in Tenerife, Canary Islands

3. Talk at the workshop entitled "China-Spain collaboration on astronomical high-resolution spectroscopy" held on 25-28 July 2023 in Fuencaliente, La Palma, Canary Islands 

4. Talk at the European Astronomical Society 2023 (EAS2023) meeting held on 10-14 July in Krakow, Poland 

5. Talk at the EPSC2022 held on 19-23 September 2022 in Granada (Spain) on the Small-ELF prototype

6. Talk at the SEA2022 held on 5-9 September 2022 in Tenerife (Canary Islands) on the Small-ELF prototype

7. Talk at the Bienal de Fisica @ Murcia, Spain: 13-15 July 2022

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Conferences

1. LIOM Kick-off meeting held at the IACTEC in Tenerife on 13-17 February 2023

2. Booth at the International Aeronautical Congress (IAC2022) conference held on 18-22 September at the Paris Convention Centre (France)

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Posters

1. Roll-up at the entrance of the IACTEC building, La Laguna, Tenerife

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Videos

1. The Exolife Finder telescope

2. The Breakthrough Starshot Reverse

3. The Breakthrough Starshot Array animation from Buble

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Media coverage

1. El Dia (Small-ELF): https://www.eldia.es/sociedad/2021/03/07/tenerife-albergara-telescopio-buscar-vida-39205167.html

2. IAC: https://www.iac.es/es/divulgacion/noticias/comienza-liom-el-laboratorio-de-innovacion-en-optomecanica-del-iac

3. TV Canaria noticias: https://youtu.be/wZPhqebhBwE?t=1549

4. TV Canaria twitter: https://twitter.com/RTVCes/status/1627812847475429376

5. El Dia: https://www.eldia.es/sociedad/2023/02/13/canarias-disenara-tecnologia-necesaria-buscar-vida-extraterrestre-82925414.html

6. MuyBuenas: https://www.muybuenas.es/p/comienza-liom-el-proyecto-para-crear-telescopios-que-encuentren-vida-en-exoplanetas

7. ULL: https://periodismo.ull.es/liom-la-iniciativa-del-iac-que-potenciara-los-nuevos-telescopios/

8. Canarias 7: https://www.canarias7.es/sociedad/ciencia/comienza-laboratorio-optico-20230213114058-nt.html

9. Canarias ZEC: https://twitter.com/CanariasZEC/status/1626493267943600129?cxt=HHwWgsC9lc_Au5ItAAAA

10. Faro de Vigo: https://galego.farodevigo.es/sociedad/2023/02/14/canarias-disenara-tecnologia-necesaria-buscar-82952632.html

11. Levante EMZ: https://val-ocio.levante-emv.com/sociedad/2023/02/14/canarias-disenara-tecnologia-necesaria-buscar-82952626.html

12. El Dia: visit of the President of the Canarian Government on Friday 3 November 2023

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