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# Mark Wieczorek

Planetary scientist at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, France.

Editor in Chief, Planetary Research @ Planetary Research Cooperative

- First Name: Mark

- Last Name: Wieczorek

- Fediverse: @mark_wieczorek@vutuv.de

- Followers: 1

- Following: 2

- Connections: 1

## Tags

- [Open Science](https://vutuv.de/tags/open_science) (1 endorsements)

- [Planetary Science](https://vutuv.de/tags/planetary_science) (0 endorsements)

## Experience

- Editor in Chief, Planetary Research @ Planetary Research Cooperative ([Planetary Research Cooperative](https://vutuv.de/planetary_research_coop)) (2026-01 – today)

- Board Of Directors @ OpenPlanetary (2020-12 – today)

- Director of Recherche (CNRS) @ Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (2002-10 – today): Group director of IPGP Planetary and Space Sciences

- President @ Planetary Research Cooperative (2025-03 – 2026-03)

- Editorial Advisory Board @ Icarus (2019-10 – 2025-07)

- Director of Research @ Laboratoire Lagrange - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (2016-12 – 2023-01)

- Editor in Chief, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets @ American Geophysical Union (2011-01 – 2014-12)

- Postdoctoral Fellow @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1999 – 2002)

## Education

- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Washington University in St. Louis (1994 – 1999)

- Bachelor of Science, University at Buffalo (1990 – 1994)

## Languages

- English: Native (Preferred contact language)

- French: C2

## Links

- [Home page](http://mrak.solarsystem.social)

- [Blog posts](https://blog.planetary-research.org/author/mark-wieczorek/)

## Profiles

- [Mastodon](https://solarsystem.social/@mrak)

- [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/mrak.solarsystem.social)

- [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/mark-wieczorek)

## Messengers

- Matrix: [@mark-wieczorek:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/@mark-wieczorek:matrix.org)

## Code

- Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/mark-wieczorek (0 stars · 3 repositories · 0 followers · since 2026-01-30 · last active 2026-09-13 · JavaScript, Python)
  - [website](https://codeberg.org/mark-wieczorek/website): ★ 0 · JavaScript · A personal website for IPGP
  - [ctplanet](https://codeberg.org/mark-wieczorek/ctplanet): ★ 0 · Python · Create crustal thickness maps of the planets from gravity and topography.