Charles Le Losq

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

I work as a Maître de Conférences (Assistant Professor) at IPGP in Paris, France, on various questions related to those themes. I also am a Junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

In addition to my interests in the field of geosciences, I am interested in computers, programming, optimisation and machine learning.

news

Jun 01, 2026	New blog post on Medium about forecasting volcanic eruptions!
Apr 07, 2026	Spectra v2.1.1 is out!
Mar 30, 2026	Rampy v0.6.4 is out!
Feb 28, 2025	New Model Predicts Magma Viscosity on Lava Planets! Research suggests K2-141b has a partially molten mantle. see the paper
Feb 05, 2025	New paper about redox conditions in a carbonatite-alkaline complex!

latest posts

May 29, 2026	Can Machine Learning Help Predict Volcanic Eruptions?
Mar 16, 2025	Debian 12 on VirtualBox
Mar 03, 2025	From Earth to Exoplanets: Modeling Magma Viscosity with AI

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},
}