When I arrive at work, I discover my e-mails that my American colleagues sent during the night because of jet lag. I answer the urgent requests and put aside the questions that take me more time. I then interact with the technicians and researchers working in the laboratory to check that everything is running smoothly. I often have several meetings about the department or teaching. I give lectures several times a week, so I need time to prepare and read through my lectures before giving them. I have scientific meetings with the researchers in my team and with the students working with me. Finally, I can work on the data I have collected for my samples, reflect on them and write scientific papers on my findings.

I have always been curious about how nature and the earth work, so it was very natural to want to become a researcher.

I studied geological sciences. I then went to France for an extra year and stayed on to do a doctoral thesis. I then spent two years working in Houston on meteorites and planets other than Earth.

Learning to work in a team, learning to manage a team. Generally, we develop these skills while working.

Work on the formation of the planet Mars using Martian meteorites and discover how the planet was formed.

The work of a researcher! :o)