Miguel Montargès
Astronomer
Miguel Montargès defended his PhD in 2014 at the Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA) of the Paris Observatory (France). He then moved for a first post-doc to IRAM France (Grenoble), where I worked on the operations and commissioning of the NOEMA interferometer in the Alps. In 2020, he moved back to LESIA.
The Great Dimming Of Betelgeuse - The star Betelgeuse became visibly darker in 2019 and 2020, puzzling astronomers. Miguel Montargès of Paris Observatory in France led the team that revealed what caused the mysterious darkening of this bright orange star in the constellation of Orion.
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