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Marie Larrieu is an instrumental astrophysicist at the forefront of time-domain astronomy, specializing in the design and development of robotic telescopes and near-infrared (NIR) instrumentation for the rapid follow-up of cosmic transients. Her primary research focuses on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and other explosive phenomena, where she has made pivotal contributions to the COLIBRI 1.3-meter robotic telescope and its dedicated NIR imager, CAGIRE. Larrieu’s work on flux reconstruction for CAGIRE—a camera based on the Astronomical Large Format Array (ALF)—enables high-precision imaging of transient sources detected by the SVOM satellite, bridging the gap between space-based alerts and ground-based characterization. Her most cited papers, including the 2023 overview of CAGIRE (6 citations) and the 2022 description of COLIBRI (5 citations), have established her as a key figure in multi-messenger astrophysics, where she helps capture the fleeting light of GRBs and gravitational-wave counterparts. With a total of 15 citations across her top works, Larrieu’s engineering and observational expertise is critical to advancing our understanding of the dynamic universe, making her a rising leader in the era of robotic, rapid-response astronomy.