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Arc'hanmael Gaillard


Arc'hanmael Gaillard
 
Arc'hanmael Gaillard
 
 
Age: 34
Nationality: French
Resides in: Rennes, France

Candidate for the crew for the 520-day isolation period of the Mars 500 study; member of the backup crew for the 105-day study.

Current employment: Study and development engineer who has worked for Thomson R&D France on the research and development of technologies for flat panel displays, which includes the design of drivers, pixel circuits and backplane realisations.

Education: 2003~December 2007 – PhD in Electronics at the Institut d’Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes (IETR), University of Rennes1 with THOMPSON R&D France.
2002 – Master of Science in Electrical Engineering & Electronics from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Rennes.
2001 – Bachelor of Science in Electronics from the University of Rennes1.

Other Experience: Teaching experience at the Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, Rennes, where he taught semiconductor material physics, properties of transistors, solid-state semiconductor devices to graduate students.

Interests/hobbies: Science (e.g. physics, electronics, space engineering), general knowledge games, cinema, squash, jogging, judo, and archery.
 
 
  
Last update: 22 March 2010


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 •  Step closer to crew selection for simulated Mars mission (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMXIVRTKMF_research_0.html)
 •  Mars500 – European candidates selected (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMT8Q1YUFF_research_0.html)
 •  ESA prepares for a human mission to Mars (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMYNY6DWZE_research_0.html)
 •  Preparing for Mars500 (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMPYA7H07F_research_0.html)

Related links

 •  Human Spaceflight and Exploration (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/index.html)
 •  Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) (http://www.imbp.ru)

Presentation

 •  Presentation Mars500 Martin Zell (pdf) (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/Mars500/Presentation_Zell_Mars500PressConf.pdf)

Press Conference Audio

 •  Listen to the Press Conference (http://download.esa.int/mp3/PressConfMARS500_111208.mp3)