Ariane Lançon Observatoire Astronomique 11, rue de l'Université F-67000 STRASBOURG France Fax: +33- 3 68 85 24 17

Main interests

• Stellar populations in galaxies - Starbursts, post-starbursts, galaxy evolution, population synthesis
• Star clusters - Star cluster populations in galaxies and in galaxy clusters, the interpretation of the integrated light emitted by star clusters
• The spectra and atmospheres of cool stars - Observations versus models, fundamental stellar parameters
  Watch a Mira spectrum evolve with phase in a brief animation!
• (Near-)IR spectroscopy in general - Stars, galaxies; the interpretation of near-IR spectra.
• Inversion methods
• Life