{{short description|Physicist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Marielle Chartier | workplaces = University of Liverpool <br> University of Bordeaux<br>CERN<br>Michigan State University | alma_mater = University of Paris-Sud <br> University of Caen Normandy (PhD) | thesis_title = Direct mass measurements of <sup>100</sup>Sn and exotic nuclei near the N = Z line | thesis_url = https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/28/060/28060445.pdf | thesis_year = 1996 | known_for = ALICE experiment | doctoral_advisor = Wolfgang Mittig<ref name=mcphd/> | website = {{URL|https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/physics/staff/marielle-chartier/}} }}'''Marielle Chartier''' is a Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Liverpool in England. Her research investigates the phase diagram of nuclear matter using the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inspirehep.net/author/profile/M.Chartier.1|title=Marielle Chartier publications|website=inspirehep.net|publisher=INSPIRE-HEP}}</ref><ref name="RussottoWu2011">{{cite journal|last1=Russotto|first1=P.|last2=Wu|first2=P.Z.|last3=Zoric|first3=M.|last4=Chartier|first4=M.|last5=Leifels|first5=Y.|last6=Lemmon|first6=R.C.|last7=Li|first7=Q.|last8=Łukasik|first8=J.|last9=Pagano|first9=A.|last10=Pawłowski|first10=P.|last11=Trautmann|first11=W.|title=Symmetry energy from elliptic flow in <sup>197</sup>Au + <sup>197</sup>Au|journal=Physics Letters B|volume=697|issue=5|year=2011|pages=471–476|issn=0370-2693|doi=10.1016/j.physletb.2011.02.033|arxiv=1101.2361 }}</ref> Her past work includes nuclear structure at the frontiers of the valley of stability.<ref name=liver/><ref name=mc/>
== Education == Chartier studied physics at the University of Paris-Sud and completed a third-year project at the French Atomic Energy Commission (''Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique)'' in condensed matter physics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|title=Interview: From Bordeaux to Liverpool: the story of a nuclear physicist|first=David|last=Smith|year=2018|journal=Physics Education|language=en|volume=41|issue=5|pages=463|doi=10.1088/0031-9120/41/5/M03|issn=0031-9120}} {{closed access}}</ref> She completed her fourth year project at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) in the USA.<ref name=":0" /> She was awarded her PhD from the University of Caen Normandy in 1996 for research completed at the Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=mcphd>{{Cite thesis|degree=PhD|url=http://www.theses.fr/1996CAEN2052|title=Mesures directes des masses de <sup>100</sup>SN et de noyaux exotiques proches de la ligne N = Z|last=Chartier|first=Marielle|date=1996|publisher=Université de Caen Normandie|oclc=799249220}}</ref> During her PhD, she spoke at the International Conference on Exotic Nuclei.<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses|last=Simon|first=M. de Saint|last2=Sorlin|first2=O.|date=1995|publisher=Atlantica Séguier Frontières|isbn=9782863321867|language=en}}</ref>
== Career and research== After her PhD, Chartier was a postdoctoral researcher for two years at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University.<ref name=":0" /> In 1999 Chartier was appointed lecturer at the University of Bordeaux.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cenbg.in2p3.fr/-Group-members,148-?lang=en|title=Centre Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan- Group members|website=cenbg.in2p3.fr|language=en|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> She worked at the Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan on exotic nuclei.<ref name=":0" /> She wanted to focus more on research, successfully applied for an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Advanced Fellowship and joined the Nuclear Physics group at the University of Liverpool in 2001.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://130.88.20.21/uknuclear/index.php/research?id=ARTICLE_15|title=UK Nuclear Physics|website=130.88.20.21|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> This allowed her to establish an entirely new research area, exploring exotic nuclear physics and the valley of stability.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sciencespot.co.uk/tag/sparks-fly-no-more|title=Sparks fly no more – Science Spot|website=sciencespot.co.uk|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> At the University of Liverpool Chartier teaches Nuclear Physics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ns.ph.liv.ac.uk/~mc/students/info_students.html|title=Mass Measurements|website=ns.ph.liv.ac.uk|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> She is interested in ways to measure the masses of exotic nuclei.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://ns.ph.liv.ac.uk/~mc/my_research/mass_measurements.html|title=Mass Measurements|website=ns.ph.liv.ac.uk|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> To do this, she uses a cyclotron as a mass spectrometer.<ref name=":1" /> She also worked on light, neutron rich nuclei using knock out reactions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ns.ph.liv.ac.uk/~mc/my_research/neutron_knockout.html|title=Mass Measurements|website=ns.ph.liv.ac.uk|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref>
In 2010 Chartier was part of a multi-million pound grant to work on the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST/G000727/|title=ST/G000727/1|website=ukri.org|publisher=United Kingdom Research and Innovation|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~francois/projects/chep/chep_20052006_seminars_joint.html|title=CHEP Seminars 2005-2006|website=physics.mcgill.ca|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> She is interested in the valley of stability.<ref name=mc>{{Cite web|url=http://ns.ph.liv.ac.uk/~mc/|title=Marielle Chartier homepage|website=ns.ph.liv.ac.uk|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> She led the UK involvement with the Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions (NuSTAR) experiments, studying the nuclear drip line, the ordering of quantum states and symmetry of near-stable nuclei.<ref name=":2" /> In 2013 she led the UK collaboration with the nuclear physics laboratory FAIR. She was the leader of the international R3B spectrometer project, which included the development of a silicon detector that could information about the extreme structure of matter inside stars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2015-03-physicists-closer-stars.html|title=Physicists getting closer to reading the inside of stars|website=phys.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-12-12|first=Wendy|last= Ellison|year=2015}}</ref>
Today, Chartier works on Hadronic matter.<ref name=liver>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/physics/staff/marielle-chartier/research/|title=Marielle Chartier - University of Liverpool|website=liverpool.ac.uk|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> She led the University of Liverpool joining the ALICE experiment in 2013 and became interested in Charm quarks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alicematters.web.cern.ch/?q=UniversityofLiverpoolALICE|title=University of Liverpool joins ALICE {{!}} ALICE Matters|website=alicematters.web.cern.ch|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> Despite spending her early research career working on nuclear physics, Chartier had considerable experience working on heavy-ion collisions with fixed targets at low energies.<ref name=":0" /> In 2015 Chartier was awarded a £1.05 million grant from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for the upgrade of the ALICE experiment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gtr.ukri.org/person/33EFB899-51F2-45AD-BA5D-2F17D868378F|title=UK government grants awarded to Marielle Chartier|website=ukri.org}}</ref> She works on the strong force, using ultra-relativistic heavy ion interactions to study Quantum chromodynamics (QCD).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST/M001598/1|title=ST/M001598/1|website=gtr.ukri.org|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref>
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