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Maxence Lefevre
+33 1 44273865
maxence.lefevre@latmos.ipsl.fr
I am a planetary scientist currently Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow under the grant agreement 101110489/MuSICA-V at LATMOS in the Solar System team, studying the climate of planetary atmosphere, mainly Venus and Titan.
I am a co-I of the VenSpec suite, an Interdisciplinary Scientist of the EnVision mission
If you want to collaborate, don't hesitate to contact me or the team
Positions
2023-2025 Maria Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral Research Assistant, LATMOS
Venus Climate Theory and Simulation
2022-2023 CNES Postdoctoral Research Assistant, LATMOS
Venus Climate Theory and Simulation
2018-2022 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, AOPP, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Exoplanet Climate Theory and Simulation
2015-2018 Ph.D., LMD, Sorbonne Université , Paris, FRANCE
Subject: Small scale Modeling of the atmosphere of Venus: Convection and gravity waves
Supervisors : Sébastien LEBONNOIS and Aymeric SPIGA
Research
Publications
J. A. Dias, P. Machado, S. Robert, J. Erwin, J. C. Duarte, D. Quirino, M. Lefèvre and C. F. Wilson, Volcanic Gas Plumes' Effect on the Spectrum of Venus Icarus, 116589 (2025)
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A. Braude, L. Kerber, F. Lefèvre, A. Y. Jaziri, S. S. Hamid, M. Maurice, M. Lefèvre, E. Millour and F. Forget. Modelling the effect of volcanic outgassing of sulphur on early Martian surface temperatures using a 3-D Global Climate Model. Icarus, 436, 116568 (2025).
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C. Gillmann, G. Arney, G. Avice, M. Dyer, G. Golabek, A. Gulcher, N. Johnson, M. Lefèvre and T. Widemann. Venus Treatise on Geochemistry (Third Edition), Volume 7, 289-323. (2025)
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Garcia, R. F., I. van Zelst, T. Kawamura, S. P. Näsholm, A. Horleston, S. Klaasen, M. Lefèvre, C. M. Solberg, K. T. Smolinski, A.-C. Plesa, Q. Brissaud, J. S. Maia, S. C. Stähler, P. Lognonné, M. Panning, A. Gülcher, R. Ghail, and B. De Toffoli. Seismic wave detectability on Venus using ground deformation sensors, infrasound sensors on balloons and airglow imagers Earth and Space Science, 11, e2024EA003670. (2024)
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T. Encrenaz, T. K. Greathouse, R. Giles, T. Widemann, B. Bézard, F. Lefèvre, M. Lefèvre, W. Shao, H. Sagawa, E. Marcq and A. Arredondo. Stringent upper limits of minor species at the cloud top of Venus: PH3, HCN, and NH3 Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, A304. (2024)
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J. Leconte, A. Spiga, N. Clément, S. Guerlet, F. Selsis, G. Milcareck, T. Cavalié, R. Moreno, E. Lellouch, Ó. Carrión-González, B. Charnay and M. Lefèvre. A 3D picture of moist-convection inhibition in hydrogen-rich atmospheres: Implications for K2-18 b Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686, A131. (2024)
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M. Lefèvre, F. Lefèvre, E. Marcq, A. Määttänen, A. Stolzenbach and N. Streel. Impact of the Turbulent Vertical Mixing on Chemical and Cloud Species in the Venus Cloud Layer Geophysical Research Letters, 86, 115148. (2024)
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C. Wilson, E. Marcq, C. Gillmann, T. Widemann, O. Korablev, N. Mueller, M. Lefèvre, P. Rimmer, S. Robert, M. Zolotov and T. Widemann. Possible Effects of Volcanic Eruptions on the Modern Atmosphere of Venus Space Science Reviews, Chapter part of Venus: Evolution Through Time collection, 220, 31. (2024)
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E. Marcq, B. Bézard, J.-M. Reess, F. Henry, S. Érard, S. Robert, F. Montmessin, F. Lefèvre, M. Lefèvre, A. Stolzenbach, J.-L. Bertaux, G. Piccioni, and P. Drossart. Minor species in Venus’ night side troposphere as observed by VIRTIS-H/Venus Express Icarus, 405, 115714. (2023)
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T. Encrenaz, T. K. Greathouse, R. Giles, T. Widemann, B. Bézard, M. Lefèvre, and W. Shao. HDO and SO2 Thermal mapping on Venus. VI. An anomalous SO2 behavior during Autumn 2021 Astronomy & Astrophysics, 674, A199. (2023)
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M. Lefèvre, X. Tan, E. Lee, and R. T. Pierrehumbert. Cloud-convection feedback in brown dwarfs atmosphere The Astrophysical Journal, 929, 153. (2022)
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M. Lefèvre, E. Marcq, and F. Lefèvre. The Impact of Turbulent Vertical Mixing in the Venus Clouds on Chemical Tracers Icarus, 86, 115148. (2022)
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M. Lefèvre Venus boundary layer dynamics: eolian transport and convective vortex Icarus, 387, 115167. (2022)
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M. Lefèvre, M. Turbet, and R. T. Pierrehumbert. 3D cloud-convection model of temperate, tidally-locked exoplanets The Astrophysical Journal, 913, 101. (2021)
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X. Tan, M. Lefèvre, and R. T. Pierrehumbert. Convection Modeling of Pure-steam Atmospheres The Astrophysical Journal Letters,923, L15. (2021)
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G. Mahapatra, M. Lefèvre, L. Rossi, A. Spiga, and D. M. Stam. Polarimetry as a tool for observing orographic gravity waves on Venus The Planetary Science Journal, 2(3):96. (2021)
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J. E. Silva, P. Machado, J. Peralta, F. Brasil, S. Lebonnois, and M. Lefèvre Characterising atmospheric gravity waves on the nightside lower clouds of Venus: a systematic analysis Astronomy & Astrophysics, 649, A34. (2021)
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T. Fauchez, et al. TRAPPIST Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparaison (THAI) workshop report Planetary Science Journal., 2(3):106. (2021)
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M. Lefèvre, A. Spiga, and S. Lebonnois. Mesoscale modeling of Venus' bow-shape waves Icarus, 335-113376. (2020)
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M. Lefèvre, S. Lebonnois, and A. Spiga. Three-dimensional turbulence-resolving modeling of the Venusian cloud layer and induced gravity waves: inclusion of complete radiative transfer and wind shear Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 123. (2018)
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O. Venot, Y. Bénilan, N. Fray,M.-C. Gazeau, F. Lefèvre, Et. Es-sebbar, E. Hébrard, M. Schwell, C. Bahrini, F. Montmessin, M. Lefèvre, and I. P. Waldmann.VUV-absorption cross section of carbon dioxide from 150 to 800 K and applications to warm exoplanetary atmospheres Astronomy & Astrophysics, 609:a34. (2018)
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M. Lefèvre, A. Spiga, and S. Lebonnois. Three-dimensional turbulence-resolving modeling of the Venusian cloud layer and induced gravity waves Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 122:134--149. (2017)
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