The science team of VenSpec-U, as a core component of the VenSpec suite, is shared between all three VenSpec channels (VenSpec-M, VenSpec-H and VenSpec-U). A list of foreign-based co-Is and collaborators with relevant expertise for VenSpec-U is available here. Here below is an excerpt of this list restricted to permanent staff members based in French institutions.

Non permanent staff can enjoy the status of collaborator rather than co-investigators (co-I), which is equivalent but has to be proposed by a permanent member of the VenSpec suite, and automatically revocated when the temporary position ends. The list can be found below.

List of French-based permanent science team members with relevant expertise
Name Institution Status Relevant expertise
Emmanuel MARCQ LATMOS / UVSQ ILS -U SO₂ retrievals with SPICAV-UV/VEx
Jérémie LASUE IRAP / OMP co-ILS -U Radiative scattering in particulate matter
Sandrine VINATIER LESIA / CNRS co-ILS -U Radiative transfer in atmospheres
Thomas WIDEMANN LESIA / UVSQ co-ILS -M Venus atmosphere observations
Franck MONTMESSIN LATMOS / CNRS Instr. Scientist UV spectrometry
Slimane BEKKI LATMOS / CNRS Collaborator Comparison with Earth's stratospheric sulfured aerosols
Jean-Yves CHAUFRAY LATMOS / CNRS co-I Aeronomic emissions
Baptiste CHIDE IRAP / CNRS co-I Lightning studies
Sébastien LEBONNOIS LMD / CNRS co-I Venus climate simulations
Franck LEFÈVRE LATMOS / CNRS co-I Chemical atmospheric modeling
Maxence LEFÈVRE LATMOS / CNRS co-I Mesocale modeling
Anni MÄÄTTÄNEN LATMOS / CNRS co-I Microphysical modeling
Patrick PINET IRAP / CNRS co-I Surface remote sensing
Aymeric SPIGA LMD / Sorbonne U. co-I Mesoscale modeling
Olivia VENOT LISA / CNRS co-I Laboratory spectroscopy

List of French-based non permanent science team collaborators
Name Institution Status Relevant expertise
Aurélien STCHERBININE IRAP/CNES Post-doctoral scientist Radiative transfer, solar studies

List of foreign-based science team members with relevant expertise
Name Institution Status Relevant expertise
Shohei AOKI Tokyo Univ. (Japan) Co-I Atmospheric retrievals, ground observations
Giada ARNEY NASA Goddard (USA) Co-I UV and IR spectroscopy
Joanna EGAN Open Univ. (UK) Collaborator UV laboratory spectroscopy
Gabriella GILLI IAA (Spain) co-I Upper atmospheric dynamics
Lee GRENFELL DLR (Germany) co-I Atmospheric chemistry
Ricardo HUESO Univ. País Vasco (Spain) co-I Atmospheric dynamics, ground observations
Tatsuro IWANAKA Tokyo Univ. (Japan) Collaborator Atmospheric retrievals
Kandis Lea JESSUP SWRI (USA) co-I High-resolution UV spectroscopy
Toru KOUYAMA AIST (Japan) co-I Gravity waves analysis
Yeon Joo LEE IBS (S. Korea) co-I UV albedo measurments
Antoine MARTINEZ IAA (Spain) Collaborator Upper atmospheric numerical modelling
Franklin MILLS ANU (Australia) Collaborator Atmospheric chemistry
Manish PATEL Open Univ. (UK) co-I UV radiative transfer
Nick SCHNEIDER LASP (USA) co-I UV Instrumentation
Daphne STAM (Netherlands) co-I Polarized radiative transfer
Aurélien STOLZENBACH IAA (Spain) Collaborator Atmospheric chemistry numerical modelling
Victor TRESS TU Delft (Netherlands) Collaborator Polarized radiative transfer