Charles Le Losq

I am a geoscientist passionate about magmatism, volcanology, geochemistry, and machine learning.

Since 2019, I work as a Maître de Conférences (Assistant Professor) at IPGP in Paris, France, on various questions related to those themes.

In addition to those, I also am interested in computer programming, optimisation and machine learning, and their use to solve problems related to volcanic systems and the Earth.

news

Feb 28, 2025	New Model Predicts Magma Viscosity on Lava Planets! Research suggests K2-141b has a partially molten mantle. see the paper
Jun 10, 2024	New paper about the properties of melts in JNCS, by my Ph.D. student Salomé Pannefieu! see Publications. A preprint is also available on SSNR.
Apr 04, 2024	Rampy v0.5.2 is out!
Feb 01, 2024	We present new data regarding the oxidation state of Ti in silicate melts in GCA!
Jul 10, 2023	New paper out in JNCS presenting i-Melt V2 see Publications

latest posts

Dec 06, 2021	From Windows to Volcanoes: How PyTorch Is Helping Us Understand Glass
Jun 14, 2020	Iron behavior in lavas!
Mar 20, 2017	The molecular structure of silicate melts: how it influences their properties

selected publications

EPSL

A general machine learning model of aluminosilicate melt viscosity and its application to the surface properties of dry lava planets

Charles Le Losq, Clément Ferraina, Paolo A Sossi, and 1 more author

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2025

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@article{Lelosq_2025,
  title = {A general machine learning model of aluminosilicate melt viscosity and its application to the surface properties of dry lava planets},
  volume = {656},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119287},
  journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
  author = {Le Losq, Charles and Ferraina, Cl{\'e}ment and Sossi, Paolo A and Boukar{\'e}, Charles-{\'E}douard},
  year = {2025},
  pages = {119287},
}

GCA

The oxidation state of titanium in silicate melts

A. J. Berry, P. M. Doyle, P. F. Schofield, and 4 more authors

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024

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@article{Berry_2024,
  title = {The oxidation state of titanium in silicate melts},
  volume = {366},
  url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016703723005768},
  journal = {Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta},
  author = {Berry, A. J. and Doyle, P. M. and Schofield, P. F. and Miller, L. A. and Le Losq, C. and Burnham, A. D. and Mosselmans, J. F. W.},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {210–220},
}

JNCS

Machine learning modeling of the atomic structure and physical properties of alkali and alkaline-earth aluminosilicate glasses and melts

Charles Le Losq, and Barbara Baldoni

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2023

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@article{Le Losq_Baldoni_2023,
  title = {Machine learning modeling of the atomic structure and physical properties of alkali and alkaline-earth aluminosilicate glasses and melts},
  volume = {617},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022309323003472?dgcid=author},
  journal = {Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids},
  author = {Le Losq, Charles and Baldoni, Barbara},
  year = {2023},
}

Frontiers

Atomic structure and physical properties of peridotite glasses at 1 bar

Charles Le Losq, and Paolo A. Sossi

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023

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@article{Le Losq_Sossi_2023,
  title = {Atomic structure and physical properties of peridotite glasses at 1 bar},
  volume = {11},
  issn = {2296-6463},
  url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1040750},
  journal = {Frontiers in Earth Science},
  author = {Le Losq, Charles and Sossi, Paolo A.},
  year = {2023},
}

CRG

Water solution mechanism in calcium aluminosilicate glasses and melts: insights from in and ex situ Raman and 29 NMR spectroscopy

C. Le Losq, Bjorn O. Mysen, and George D. Cody

Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2022

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@article{Le Losq_Mysen_Cody_2022,
  title = {Water solution mechanism in calcium aluminosilicate glasses and melts: insights from in and ex situ Raman and 29 NMR spectroscopy},
  volume = {354},
  issn = {1778-7025},
  doi = {10.5802/crgeos.127},
  number = {S1},
  journal = {Comptes Rendus. Géoscience},
  author = {Le Losq, C. and Mysen, Bjorn O. and Cody, George D.},
  year = {2022},
  pages = {1–27},
}