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Administration board

Based on proposals made by the Scientific Council, the Administration Board, fixes the principal scientific axes of the Observatoire de Paris, and its recruitement policy. The Administration Board fixes the way the institution is organize and functions. It votes the budget and approves the financial accounts.

Composition of the Board of Directors

Chair of the Board

  • Philippe Stée, President of the Paris Observatory

Vice Chair of the Board

  • François DULIEU (elected at the Board meeting on March 13, upon the Chairman’s recommendation)

Members elected by Group A

  • Philip TUCKEY - LTE
  • François DULIEU - LIRA
  • Mathieu PUECH - LUX
  • Martina WIEDNER - LIRA

Members elected by Group B

  • Miguel MONTARGES - LIRA
  • Rhita-Maria OUAZZANI - LIRA
  • Kevin BELKACEM - LIRA
  • Anne-Laure MELCHIOR - LUX
  • Cédric LEYRAT - LIRA

Members elected by College C

  • Pascale BAUDOIN - LIRA
  • Philippe DELOYE - DIL
  • Mathieu SERVILLAT - LUX
  • Yamina SAGHI - LIRA
  • Cécile HAMY - DIO
  • Rémi TEMPLE - DIL

Member elected from user College D

  • Ziyu LIU

Vice Chair of the Scientific Council

Elected at the Scientific Council meeting on March 20, 2026, upon the President’s recommendation

  • Kevin BELKACEM

External Figures

In the scientific field, co-opted by the elected members of the Board of Directors (Board meeting of January 8)

  • Samuel BOISSIER
    Research Director at the CNRS, Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory
  • Guillaume FERLAT
    Associate Professor – Sorbonne University – Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics, and Cosmo-Chemistry
  • Valentina KRACHMALNICOFF
    Research Fellow – CNRS – Langevin Institute – ESPCI-PSL
  • Emily LAMOUR
    University Professor – Sorbonne University – Associate Director, Physics Department – Paris Institute of Nanosciences
  • Emmanuelle MORAND
    Director of Technical Services and Ecological Transition for the City of Sèvres

In the economic or social field, upon the recommendation of the Observatory’s President (Board of Directors meeting of March 13)

  • Maguelonne CHAMBON
    Director of Scientific and Technological Research at the National Metrology and Testing Laboratory
  • Odile FANTON D’ANDON
    French environmental researcher, co-founder and CEO of ACRI-ST
  • Laurent DUTHOIT
    Deputy Mayor of Meudon in charge of innovation

Olivier LA MARLE
Head of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Program at CNES

The Board of Directors meeting on March 13 also elected some of its representatives:

Representatives elected by the Board to the Scientific Council

  • Anne-Laure MELCHIOR
  • Cédric LEYRAT

Representatives elected by the Board to the Observatory’s Ecological Transition Commission

  • Guillaume FERLAT
  • Mathieu SERVILLAT

Elected Board Representative to the Tuition Waiver Committee

  • Ziyu LIU
Updated on 18 June 2026
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