Caroline BOT   Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg 11 rue de l'université 67000 STRASBOURG (FRANCE) Tel: +33 3 68 85 23 68 email: bot@astro.u-strasbg.fr		Papers Thesis (in french!)
	I am on a CNES postdoc since january 2008, working on "The Virtual Observatory and extended emission". My science interests are on the interstellar medium in nearby galaxies, with a special interest on the Magellanic Clouds. I am part of the SMC-SAGE and HERITAGE programs to map the Magellanic Clouds with Spitzer and Herschel. From 2005 to 2007, I did a postdoc at Caltech with George Helou. I was part of the SINGS project (Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey) and in particular in the IRS subteam. I worked in particular on the analysis on infrared fine structure lines originating from ionized gas in these nearby galaxies. From 2002 to 2005, I was doing my Ph.D between the CDS (Centre de donnees de Strasbourg -- France) and the IAS (institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale -- Orsay, France) under the supervision of Francois Boulanger and Daniel Egret. My subject was the interstellar medium and the dust grain cycle in the small Magellanic Cloud.