Alexandra Malnuit

Doctorante 1ère année
UCA
Équipe de Pétrologie
Bureau: 0.63 - LMV Cezeaux
Téléphone: 04.73.40.55.94
Courriel : alexandra.malnuit@doctorant.uca.fr

  • PhD Student : Experimental study of the Rare Earth Elements evaporation in planetary magma reservoirs.

    At LMV, Clermont-Ferrand, supervised by Tahar HAMMOUDA and Maud BOYET, from 2025 to 2028

    Technics used : Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP MS) alone and coupled with a furnace, Neptune Multi Collector ICP MS (MC ICP MS), Laser Ablation ICP MS (LA ICP MS), Laboratory Sciences in white room.

    Laboratory research internships :

    Master 2 internship : Adaptation of a protocol for analyzing ammonium (NH4+) and nitrates (NO3-) ions in
    carbonaceous chondrites and asteroid samples brought back to Earth by space missions.

    At IPAG, Grenoble, supervised by Lydie BONAL and Olivier POCH, from March to July 2025.

    Technics used : Ionic Chromatography (IC), Isotopic Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS), Laboratory Sciences in white room.

    Master 1 internship : Interplanetary Dust Particles/Ryugu : comparison of their Raman spectral characteristics

    At IAS, Orsay, supervised by Zahia DJOUADI, from May to July 2024.

    Technics used : Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy.

    Bachelor internship : Study of the evaporation and isotopic fractionation of Europium in chondritic meteorites.

    At LMV, Clermont Ferrand, supervised by Maud BOYET, from May to July 2023

    Technics used : Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP MS), Neptune Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MC ICP MS), Laboratory Sciences in white room

  • Master’s Degree in Planetology and Space Exploration.

    Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, from September 2023 to June 2025.

    Bachelor’s Degree in Earth Sciences.

    Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, from September 2022 to June 2023.

    Bachelor’s Degree in Physics, option Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences.

    Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, from September 2019 to June 2022.

  • Publications :

    Status as contributor to the article : Djouadi Z. et al., 2025, Asuka 12236 more primitive than Paris: Clues given by their Infrared and Raman micro-spectroscopy signatures.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.70017