Véronique Buat

Véronique Buat (born September 20, 1962 in Marseille, France) is a French astrophysicist and academic at the University of Provence. Her research interests include galaxy formation and evolution, star formation, infrared astronomy, and ultraviolet astronomy.

Biography Buat attended École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay from 1982 to 1986, after which she did her Master of Advanced Studies in astrophysics at the Paris Observatory. She wrote her PhD thesis, entitled Ultraviolet emission of spiral and irregular galaxies. Interpretation in terms of star formation at the Paris Diderot University under the supervision of Jean-Michel Deharveng in 1989.

In 2003, Buat was appointed professor at the Aix-Marseille University, before which she worked at the university as an assistant professor. She became a member of the Institut Universitaire de France in 2018.

During her career, Buat has taught optics, thermodynamics, mechanics, history of science, and astrophysics.