MIssion Principal Investigator: Prof. Geraint Jones, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
Mission Deputy Principal Investigator: Dr. Colin Snodgrass, University of Edinburgh, UK
The Comet Interceptor team comprises an international group of experts at the following institutions:
Austria
IWF Graz: M. Volwerk, W. Magnes, A. Valavanoglou, O. Roberts. Belgium BIRA-IASB: H. Gunell, J. De Keyser; KULeuven: G. Lapenta Canada UWO: P. Wiegert Chile ESO: C. Opitom Czechia IAP: I. Kolmasova, J. Soucek, O. Santolik. Charles Univ.:J. Safrankova, L. Prech, Z. Nemecek. Estonia U. Tartu: A. Slavinskis, M. Pajusalu Finland VTT: A. Näsilä U. Aalto: E. Tanskanen, J. Praks, M. Alho; UH: K. Muinonen, T. Kohout, A. Penttilä, M. Granvik. France IRAP: A. Fedorov, C. Mazelle, N. Andre, P. Garnier Obs. Paris: B. Segret, D. Hestroffer LPC2E, CNRS: P. Henri, O. Le Duff LAB: S. N. Raymond LAPLACE: G. Wattieaux LGL-TPE: A. Guilbert-Lepoutre LATMOS: A. C. Levasseur-Regourd Germany MPS: A. Nathues, C. Tubiana TUBS-IGEP: C. Götz, I. Richter, K.-H. Glaßmeier, U. Auster, B. Gundlach (CoPhyLab) DLR: E. Kuehrt, H. Michaelis, J.-B. Vincent, S. Hviid, S. Mottola FU Berlin: F. Postberg |
Hungary
MTA CSFK: A. Kereszturi Wigner RCP: G. Erdos, Z. Nemeth India NARL: R. Hajra Italy CNR-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies Padova: V. Da Deppo, P. Zuppella IAPS-INAF: A. Migliorini, A. Longobardo, M.T. Capria, V. Della Corte, V. Zakharov Uni. Parthenope: A. Rotundi, INAF: C. Pernechele DFA, UNIPD: I. Bertini, M. Lazzarin Japan KSU: H. Kawakita, Y. Shinnaka; UT: I. Yoshikawa, R. Funase, S. Kasahara; Rikkyo U.:S. Kameda Latvia BiS / University of Latvia: A. Graps Netherlands TU Delft: D. Dirkx, E. Gill, S. Speretta Norway UiO: C. Simon Wedlund UiT: I. Mann Poland CBK: H. Rothkaehl, M. Banaskiewicz UW: K.J. Kossacki Portugal IST: Z. Martins Russia ISI: M. Riazantseva Spain IAA-CSIC: D. Guirado, F. Moreno, J.M. Castro, L.-M. Lara, M. Herranz, Olga Muñoz, P.J. Gutiérrez. |
Sweden
IRF: A. I. Eriksson, H. Nilsson, J.-E. Wahlund, M. Yamauchi, N. J. T. Edberg, S. Barabash KTH: M. Ivchenko, T. Karlsson Switzerland Phys. Inst., Univ. Bern: N. Thomas, M. Rubin, P. Wurz, D. Piazza, A. Stettler, T. Beck United Kingdom UCL-MSSL: A. J. Coates, A. Wellbrock, G. Brydon, G. H. Jones IC: A. Beth, C. Carr, T. Horbury, M.Galand QMUL: C. Chen STFC RAL Space: C. Howe, J. Davies U. Edinburgh: C. Snodgrass OU: I. Franchi, S. J. Barber, S. Sheridan Cranfield U.:J.P. Sanchez UofG: M. Ceriotti QUB: M. T. Bannister U. Cambridge: M. Kama Birkbeck:M. R. El-Maarry Univ. Oxford: N. Bowles, S. Calcutt, T. Warren U. Kent: N. J. Mason, S. Lowry AOP: S. Bagnulo United States of America NASA-GSFC: D. E. Jennings, G. L. Villanueva, M. Jhabvala, S. Aslam JHUAPL: B. Greenhagen UCF: K. Donaldson Hanna UMD: M. Knight, T. Hewagama IfA, U. Hawaii: B. Boe, K.J. Meech, Y. Ramanjooloo Gemini Obs.: M. E. Schwamb JPL: J. Castillo-Rogez SSI: J. Borovsky CU / LASP: J. Deca PU & PPPL: H. Ji SwRI: S. Protopapa International Collaborations CoPhyLab - Comet Physics Laboratory: B. Gundlach and colleagues (DE, AT, CH) |
Proposal National Co-PIs
Italy: Alessandra Rotundi, University "Parthenope", Naples
Estonia: Andris Slavinskis, University of Tartu
Finland: Jaan Praks, Aalto University
Sweden: Hans Nilsson, IRF-K
Poland: H. Rothkaehl, CBK
Germany: Jean-Baptiste Vincent, DLR Berlin
France: Pierre Henri, LPC2E, Orléans
Switzerland: Nicolas Thomas, Phys. Inst., Univ. Bern
Belgium: Johan De Keyser, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Czechia - Ivana Kolmasova
Japan - Ryu Funase, University of Tokyo
Spain: Luisa M Lara, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Austria - Martin Volwerk, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz
Netherlands - Stefano Speretta, TU Delft
USA - Geronimo Villanueva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Italy: Alessandra Rotundi, University "Parthenope", Naples
Estonia: Andris Slavinskis, University of Tartu
Finland: Jaan Praks, Aalto University
Sweden: Hans Nilsson, IRF-K
Poland: H. Rothkaehl, CBK
Germany: Jean-Baptiste Vincent, DLR Berlin
France: Pierre Henri, LPC2E, Orléans
Switzerland: Nicolas Thomas, Phys. Inst., Univ. Bern
Belgium: Johan De Keyser, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Czechia - Ivana Kolmasova
Japan - Ryu Funase, University of Tokyo
Spain: Luisa M Lara, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Austria - Martin Volwerk, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz
Netherlands - Stefano Speretta, TU Delft
USA - Geronimo Villanueva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center