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Professional Background: 
2021- now - Fixed term CNRS researcher at LUPM, University of Montpellier and Senior Lecturer in physics at University of Lyon, France

2020- 2021 - Fixed-term Professor and Radio Astronomer   at University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

2018-2020 -Fixed term researcher at USN- Station de Radioastronomie de Nancay, Observatoire de Paris and  Research Associate at CRAL-l'Observatoire de Lyon, France

2015-2018 -Fixed term CNRS researcher at CRAL-l'Observatoire de Lyon, France

2012-2015 -Fixed term upaid researcher (after 2nd Maternity) at CRAL-l'Observatoire de Lyon, France

2010-2011  -(A.T.E.R.) Assistant Professor at University Claude Bernard Lyon)/ CRAL- l'Observatoire de Lyon, France  

2009-2010  -Research Associate for MUSE project at CRAL-l'Observatoire de Lyon, France

2007-2009  -NWO Dutch Postdoctoral fellowship  for LOFAR project at Observatory of Leiden, The Netherlands

2006-2007  -Visiting researcher at CEA- Saclay, France

2002           -Research Associate on SOXS project at TIFR, Bombay


Educational Background: 
2019 -Habilitation de Digires de Recherche (HDR) at Paris Observatory
                   
2003-2007  -Ph. D. in Astrophysics at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics -TIFR  Pune-India/ Bombay (Mumbai) University, India
                    Title :Radio/X-ray/Gamma-ray monitoring on microquasars - Indo-French project
               
2000-2002  -Master in Nuclear Physics, Bombay (Mumbai) University, India


Awards/Grants:
2020-2021         -CEFIPRA Indo-French Conference grant (IIA, Bangalore and Lyon University)
 
2018         -AS SKA-LOFAR France research travel grant, RT21 Paris Observatory Travel grant
 

2016         
-AS SKA-LOFAR France research travel grant
 
2015          -AS SKA-LOFAR France research travel grant
                  -LIO/LABEX funding to organize 2nd Indo-French Astronomy School on 'Galaxy Formation and Evolution: Models to interpret Observations'
                  (IUCAA, India and CRAL, France)
                  -CEFIPRA Indo-French research project grant  (IUCAA, India and CRAL, France)

2014         -AS SKA-LOFAR France research travel grant

2013          -AS SKA-LOFAR France research travel grant  

2009-2010 -Van-Gogh/Hubert Curien, French-Dutch travel grant

2004-2006 -Indian Space Research Organisation, Respond research project grant

2003-2004 -Raman Research Institute Trust, India, Research project grant



Responsibilities scientific and administrative- International Exchange Program/Meetings/Schools/Workshops: 

2021          -SOC/LOC of 4th Frenco-Indian Astronomy School on 'Galactic and extragalactic universe in the era of new-generation radio (SKA and pathfinders) and'
                  Optical/IR facilities, 15th-20th March 2021,IIA, Bangalore, India

2020
          -SOC of European Astronomical Society 2020 Meeting 'Galaxy clusters at radio wavelengths: The aims for the next 5 years '
                29th June- 3rd July 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands

2020
          -SOC of European Astronomical Society 2020 Meeting 'Radio-loud AGN: Advances in observations and theory driven by next generation surveys '
                29th June- 3rd July 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands

2019-now
    -Editorial Board member for Americal Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics

2018
          -SOC/LOC of 3rd Franco-Indian Astronomy School on 'From reionization to large scale structure - a multiwavelength approach', February 2018,
                    IUCAA, Pune, India

2016-2021
-Leading a 5 year Indo-French Student/Researcher exchange program between University Claude Bernard Lyon-1, France and Inter University Centre for  
                   Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune-India

2016           -Assistant Editor for EMU-ASKAP Newletters (Nov 2017)

2016
          -LOC of 2nd Indo-French Astronomy School on 'Galaxy Formation and Evolution: Models to interpret Observations', July 2016, CRAL, Lyon, France
 
2015           -SOC of International school ‘Indo-French school on Optical Spectroscopy’, Nov 2015, IUCAA, Pune- India

                   -Member of  Astronomical Society of France (SF2A)
                  
                   -Member of Astronomical Society of India (ASI)

2013-2018 -Leading a 5 year Indo-French Student/Researcher exchange program between University Claude Bernard Lyon-1, France and Indian Institute of Science
                  (IISc),  Bangalore-India

2013          -Associate member of COmmittee of SPAce Research (COSPAR)

2013-now -Referee for GMRT observation proposal evaluation

2012-now -Member of Jury for project evaluation at University Claude Bernard Lyon 1

2011-2015 -Member of team of examiners for Bachelor students at University Claude Bernard Lyon 1

2010          -LOC of 'A Universe of dwarf galaxies', June 2010, IPNL, Lyon, France

2008          -Sent 2 Engineering students (ESIEA, Paris, France) to IUCAA, India for 2 months summer Astronomy projects

2007          -Sent 2 Engineering students (ESIEA, Paris, France) to NCRA-GMRT, India for 2 months summer Astronomy projects
 

Public outreach activities
                  - Organised Astrophysics nights for engineering students at ESIEA, Paris, France
        
                  - Member of SELENE (Association for Astronomy public outreach activities at Lyon)

                  - Presentation during Public opean days at CRAL l'Observatoire de Lyon since 2011


Computer skills   -Windows/UNIX/Linux/MacOS, C, Python, C++, Latex, IDL, IRAF, AIPS, CASAPY, GILDAS radio data analysis software, FTOOLS X-ray
                               software.


Conference, School and workshops

School participation:
1-LOFAR data analysis school, ASTRON, the Netherlands, 2008
2-LOFAR busy week, Observatory of Leiden, the Netherlands, 2009
3-8th IRAM Millimeter Interferometry School IRAM Grenoble, 2012
4-MSSS Lofar week, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands , 2013
5-3rd Lofar data analysis school, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands , 2014
6- Lofar Long Baseline busy week, Leiden, the Netherlands, 2018

Oral participation:
1- Microquasars (NCRA-TIFR, India), Jun 2004
2- Low Frequency observations of microquasars (NCRA, India), Apr 05
3- Low Frequency observations of microquasars (CEA, France), Jun 2005
4- Low Frequency observations of microquasars (Toulouse, France), Jul 2005
5- Low Frequency observations of microquasars (Grenoble, France), Jul 2005
6- Radio monitoring of X-ray binaries (TIFR, Bombay, India), Sep 2005
7- GMRT survey of INTEGRAL sources (NCRA-TIFR, India), Sep 2005
8- Radio study of INTEGRAL sources (NCRA-TIFR, India), Feb 2006
9- Radio study of X-ray binaries (Durham, UK), Sep 2006
10-Radio study of X-ray sources (Manchester, UK), Sep 2006
11-Low Frequency monitoring of X-ray binaries (Mumbai University, India), Dec 2006
12-Low Frequency monitoring of X-ray binaries (Mumbai University, India), Dec 2006
13-High resolution imaging of possible microquasars (ASTRON, Netherlands), Apr 07
14-LOFAR, CS1 data and survey (ASTRON, the Netherlands), July 2007
15-LOFAR, CSI redundant baselines (ASTRON, the Netherlands), Nov 2007
16-LOFAR, CSI redundant baselines update (ASTRON, the Netherlands), Jan 2008
17-Low frequency observations of HESS sources (LTPA, Montpellier, France), May08
18-French LOFAR Super Station (NRT, Nancay, France), July 2010
19-Studying DLAs using GMRT/MUSE (IUCAA, Pune, India), Aug 2010
20-Indo-French Research Exchange program (IISc, Bangalore, India), May 2013
21-Indo-French Research Exchange program (RRI, Bangalore, India), May 2013
22-Low Frequency emission in galaxy clusters (SF2A, Montpellier, France), June 2013
23-Low frequency view of merging galaxy clusters (IAP, Paris, France), Feb 2014
24-Giant Radio galaxies at low frequencies, LOFAR Science Week, (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Apr 2014
25-Non-thermal emission in galaxy clusters and their magnetic fields (CESR, Toulouse, France),  June 2014
26-Giant Radio galaxies in MSSS survey, LOFAR MSSS Science Workshop, (ASTRON, the Netherlands), June 2015
27-Ultra steep spectrum radio halos in merging galaxy clusters, (SF2A, Toulouse, France), June 2015
28-Low frequency view of merging galaxy clusters (TIFR, Bombay, India), Nov 2015
29-Low frequency view of merging galaxy clusters, (IUCAA, Pune, India), Nov 2015
30-Low Frequency view of merging galaxy clusters -multiwavelength approach, (CRAL, Lyon, France), Jan 2016
31-Non-thermal emission and dynamical state of massive galaxy clusters,
(SF2A, Lyon, France), June 2016
32-Low frequency view of massive galaxy clusters and their dynamics, (LUPM, Montpellier, France), June 2016
33-
Non-thermal emission in Galaxy clusters (Lyon, France), PNCG, Nov 2017
34-Non-thermal emission in Galaxy clusters and SKA (IUCAA, India), Feb 2018
35-Galaxy clusters with SKA and Path finders (Bordeaux, France), SF2A, July 2018

Poster Presentation:
1-Physical Research Laboratory, 1st Indian Moon Mission workshop (Ahmedabad, India) 2001
2-Physical Research Laboratory, Summer school (Ahmedabad, India) 2001
3-StatPhys conference, S.N.Bose Institute (Calcutta, India) Feb 2002
4-The Astronomical Society of India meeting (Trivandrum, India), Feb 2003
5-5th Integral Conference on X-ray binaries, (Munich, Germany), Feb 2004
6-The International Lunar conference, PRL, (Udaipur, India), Nov 2004
7-Cospar Meeting on X-ray binaries, TIFR, (Mumbai, India) Jan 2005
8-The Astronomical Society of India meeting (Nanital, India) Feb 2005
9-Microquasar workshop (Como, Italy) Sep 2006
10-Astrophysics in LOFAR era, workshop (Emmen, the Netherlands), Apr 2007
11-Bursts, Pulses and Flickering: wide field monitoring of the dynamic radio sky, (Kerastari,  Tripolis, Greece), 12-15 June 2007
12-GMRT observations on HESS sources (GMRT-NCRA, India), Dec 2008
13-Radio Observations of HESS SNRs (CRAL-Lyon, France), June 2011
14-Radio Observations of Galaxy cluster (CRAL-Lyon, France), June 2011
15-Radio properties of CLASH clusters (EWASS, Rome-Italy), July 2012
16-Radio properties of CLASH clusters (IRAM, Grenoble-France), Oct 2012
17-Low Frequency radio emission in massive galaxy cluster MACSJ 0717.5 +3745 (Bonn, Germany), May 2013
18-Low radio emission in Lensing Galaxy Clusters (Pune, India), Dec 2013
19-Low frequency radio emission in blazar PKS 2155-304 (Pune, India), Dec 2013
20-GMRT observations of radio source 4C 35.06: precessing jets and AGN feedback from a cD galaxy under assembly(Pune, India), Dec 2013
21-Metric Observations of Saturn with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting 46, Nov 2014
22-Metric Observations of Saturn with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, Astronomical Society of India meeting, (NCRA-Pune India), Feb 2015
23-Non-thermal emission in massive Galaxy Cluster, Astronomical Society of India meeting,  (Pune, India), Feb 2015
24-Metric Observations of Saturn with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, (SF2A meeting, Toulouse, France), June 2015
25-Low-frequency radio emission in blazars, (SF2A, Lyon, France), June 2016
26-AGN duty cycle and relic emission in the low frequency sky, (SF2A, Lyon, France), June 2016
27-AGNs with SKA and pathfinders,
(Bordeaux, France), SF2A, July 2018


Contact:
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MAMTA POMMIER (mamta.pommier@gamil.com & mamtapan@gmail.com)
CNRS/Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM),
University of Montpellier, LUPM CC 072 - Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5,France
&
International Astronomical Union https://sites.google.com/view/iau-women-in-astronomy/home?authuser=2
 Webpage:
https://pommierm.github.io/index.html        http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mamta_Pommier