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Comet Interceptor Team Meeting, IAA, Granada, December 2019

​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
 
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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: 
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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
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