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Comet Interceptor Team Meeting, IAA, Granada, December 2019


  • Mission Management
  • Instrument PIs
  • Scientific Theme Leads
  • National Co-PIs
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Prof. Geraint Jones
​Mission Principal Investigator
UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK

UCL personal page

@einionyn
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Dr. Colin Snodgrass
Mission Deputy Principal Investigator
University of Edinburgh, UK

ROE personal page

@colinsnodgrass
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Dr Cecilia Tubiana
Science Operations Coordinator
INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy



Spacecraft A
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Nicolas Thomas
CoCa PI
University of Bern, Switzerland
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Hanna Rothkaehl
DFP PI
CBK PAN, Warsaw, Poland
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Martin Rubin
MANIac PI
University of Bern, Switzerland
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Neil Bowles
MIRMIS PI
University of Oxford, UK
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Antti Näsilä
MIRMIS Co-PI
VTT, Finland
Spacecraft B1
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Ryu Funase
Spacecraft B1 PI
University of Tokyo, Japan
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Naoya Sakatani
WAC/NAC PI
Rikkyo University, Japan
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Satoshi Kasahara
PS PI
University of Tokyo, Japan
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Kazuo Yoshioka,
HI PI
University of Tokyo, Japan
Spacecraft B2
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Mihkel Pajusalu
OPIC PI
Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu, Estonia
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Andris Slavinskis
OPIC Co-PI
Aalto University, Finland and University of Tartu, Estonia
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Geraint Jones
EnVisS PI
UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
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Vania Da Deppo
EnVisS Co-PI
CNR-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Padova, Italy
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Hanna Rothkaehl
DFP PI
CBK PAN, Warsaw, Poland
CoCa - Comet Camera
PI:
Nicolas Thomas, University of Bern, Switzerland
Deputy PI: Antoine Pommerol, University of Bern, Switzerland

DFP - Dust, Fields, and Plasma
PI: Hanna Rothkaehl, CBK PAN, Warsaw, Poland

EnVIsS - Entire Visible Sky
PI: Geraint Jones, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
Co-PI: Vania Da Deppo, CNR-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Padova, IT

HI - Hydrogen Imager
PI: Kazuo Yoshioka, The University of Tokyo, JP

MANIAC - Mass Analyzer for Neutrals and Ions at Comets
PI: Martin Rubin, University of Bern, Switzerland
Deputy PI: Peter Wurz, University of Bern, Switzerland
MIRMIS - Multispectral InfraRed Molecular and Ices Sensor 
PI: Neil Bowles, University of Oxford, UK
Co-PI: Antti Näsilä, VTT, FI

OPIC - Optical Imager for Comets
PI: Mihkel Pajusalu, Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu, Estonia
Co-PI: Andris Slavinskis, Aalto University, Finland and University of Tartu, Estonia

PS - Plasma Suite 
PI: Satoshi Kasahara, The University of Tokyo, JP
Deputy-PI: Ayako Matsuoka, Kyoto University, JP

WAC/ NAC - Wide Angle Camera / Narrow Angle Camera
PI: Naoya Sakatani, Rikkyo University, JP
Deputy-PI: Shingo Kameda, Rikkyo University, JP
DFP - Additional Leadership Roles
DISC Unit Co-PI Vincenzo Della Corte, INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy
DISC Deputy Unit Co-PI: Alessandra Rotundi, University "Parthenope", Naples, Italy

FGM (A) Unit Co-PI Uli Auster, TU Braunschweig, Germany

FGM (B) Unit Co-PI: Marina Galand, Imperial College London, UK.
FGM (B) Deputy Unit Co-PI: Martin Volwerk, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria

LEES Unit Co-PI: Nicolas Andre, IRAP, France.
LEES Deputy Unit Co-PI: Lubomir Prech, Charles University, Czech Republic
COMPLIMENT Unit Co-PI: Pierre Henri, CNRS (LPC2E, Orléans & Lagrange, Nice), France. 
COMPLIMENT Deputy Unit Co-PI: Niklas Edberg, IRF-Uppsala, Sweden.
COMPLIMENT Deputy Unit Co-PI
: Johan De Keyser, BIRA, Belgium

SCIENA Unit Co-PI: Hans Nilsson, IRF-Kiruna, Sweden

DAPU Unit Co-PI: Ivana Kolmasova, IAP, Praque, Czech Republic

PSU Unit Co-PI: Marek Morawski, CBK PAN, Warsaw, Poland
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Dr. Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry
NUCLEUS SCIENCE THEME COORDINATOR
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Dr. Rosita Kokotanekova
NUCLEUS SCIENCE THEME DEPUTY COORDINATOR
European Southern Observatory
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Dr. Jean-Baptiste Vincent
Near Environment theme coordinator
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany
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Dr. Fiorangela La Forgia
NEAR Environment THEME DEputy coordinator
Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope", Italy
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Prof. Dr. Jessica Agarwal
far environment theme coordinator
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
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Dr. Cyril Simon Wedlund
far environment theme DEPUTY coordinator
Institut für Weltraumforschung, Graz, Austria
Countries contributing hardware or another significant contribution to the mission have a national mission Co-PI. Other countries and corresponding Co-PIs may be added to this list in future if a significant contribution is forthcoming.
Italy - Alessandra Rotundi, University "Parthenope", Naples
Estonia -Mihkel Pajusalu, Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu
Finland - Tomas Kohout, University of Helsinki
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
UK - Geraint Jones, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
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
Hungary - Akos Kereszturi, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Konkoly Astronomical Institute
USA - Geronimo Villanueva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Science Team Co-Is
  • Science Team Associates
  • Technical Leads
  • Operational Teams
  • Instrument Team Members
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Jessica Agarwal Technische Universität Braunschweig Germany
Nicolas Andre IRAP France
Kazushi Asamura Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan
Uli Auster TU-Braunschweig Germany
Stefano Bagnulo Armagh Observatory and Planetarium United Kingdom
Michele Bannister University of Canterbury New Zealand
Ivano Bertini Parthenope University Naples Italy
Neil Bowles University of Oxford United Kingdom
Maria Teresa Capria National Astrophysics Institute (INAF) - Institute for Astrophysics and Space Planetology (IAPS) Italy
Chris Carr Imperial College London United Kingdom
Andrew Coates UCL-MSSL United Kingdom
Vania Da Deppo CNR-IFN Italy
Björn Davidsson Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology United States
Johan De Keyser Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy Belgium
Vincenzo Della Corte INAF IAPS Italy
Niklas Edberg Swedish Institute of Space Physics - Uppsala Sweden
Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry Khalifa University United Arab Emirates
Anders Eriksson Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Ryu Funase JAXA/ISAS Japan
Marina Galand Imperial College London United Kingdom
Charlotte Götz ESA/ESTEC Netherlands
Benjamin Greenhagen Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) United States
Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre CNRS / Univ Lyon France
Herbert Gunell Umeå University Sweden
Pierre Henri CNRS (LPC2E & Lagrange), France France
Tilak Hewagama University of Maryland & NASA/GSFC United States
Laura Inno Parthenope University of Naples and INAF Italy
Geraint Jones UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory United Kingdom
Shingo Kameda Rikkyo University Japan
Satoshi Kasahara The University of Tokyo Japan
Hideyo Kawakita Kyoto Sangyo Univeristy / Koyama Astronomical Observatory Japan
Akos Kereszturi Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Konkoly Astronomical Institute Hungary
Matthew Knight United States Naval Academy United States
Joerg Knollenberg DLR Institute fo Planetary Research Germany
Tomas Kohout University of Helsinki Finland
Ivana Kolmasova Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Czech Academy of Sciences Czech Republic
Konrad Kossacki University of Warsaw Poland
Masaki Kuwabara Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan
Luisa M. Lara Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC Spain
Benoit Lavraud IRAP, CNRS, UPS, CNES, Université de Toulouse France
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd Sorbonne Université / LATMOS France
Stephen Lowry University of Kent United Kingdom
Raphael Marschall Southwest Research Institute United States
Ayako Matsuoka Kyoto University Japan
Marco Micheli ESA NEO Coordination Centre Italy
Go Murakami Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan
Naofumi Murata Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan
Antti Näsilä VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd Finland
Hans Nilsson Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Mihkel Pajusalu Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu Estonia
Antti Penttilä University of Helsinki Finland
Antoine Pommerol University of Bern Switzerland
Frank Postberg Freie Universität Berlin Germany
Lubomir Prech Charles University, Prague Czech Republic
Silvia Protopapa Southwest Research Institute United States
Sean Raymond Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (CNRS) France
Hanna Rothkaehl CBK PAN Poland
Alessandra Rotundi Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" Italy
Martin Rubin University of Bern Switzerland
Yoshifumi Saito Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Japan
Naoya Sakatani Rikkyo University Japan
Joan-Pau Sanchez Cranfield University United Kingdom
Meg Schwamb Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom
Andris Slavinskis Aalto University Finland
Colin Snodgrass University of Edinburgh United Kingdom
Jan Soucek Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Czech Republic
Nicolas Thomas University of Bern Switzerland
Cecilia Tubiana INAF-IAPS, Rome Italy
Geronimo Villanueva NASA Goddard Space Flight Center United States
Jean-Baptiste Vincent DLR Institute for Planetary Research Germany
Martin Volwerk Space Research institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences Austria
Xiaodong Wang Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Tristram Warren University of Oxford United Kingdom
Peter Wurz University of Bern Switzerland
Shoichiro Yokota Osaka University Japan
Ichiro Yoshikawa University of Tokyo Japan
Kazuo Yoshioka The University of Tokyo Japan
Vladimir Zakharov IAPS INAF Italy
Qasim Afghan UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory United Kingdom
Shahid Aslam NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center United States
Barbara Atamaniuk CBK Poland
Arnaud Beth Umeå University Sweden
George Brydon University College London Mullard Space Science Laboratory United Kingdom
Maximilian Bührer Aalto University Finland
Alberto Buzzoni INAF - OAS Astrophysics and Space Science Observatory, Bologna Italy
Albino Carbognani Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) Italy
Matteo Ceriotti University of Glasgow United Kingdom
Jan Deca Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics United States
Frederik Dhooghe BIRA-IASB Belgium
Kerri Donaldson Hanna University of Oxford/University of Central Florida United States
Rosemary Dorsey University of Canterbury New Zealand
Sara Faggi NASA/GSFC - American University United States
Giampaolo Ferraioli Università di Napoli "Parthenope" Italy
Estela Fernandez-Valenzuela Florida Space Institute United States
Elisa Frattin University of Padua Italy
Marco Fulle INAF Trieste Italy
Yoshifumi Futaana Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Daniel Gardener University of Edinburgh United Kingdom
Philippe Garnier IRAP France
Vincent Génot IRAP France
Karl-Heinz Glassmeier TU Braunschweig Germany
Mikael Granvik University of Helsinki Finland
Samuel Grant UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory United Kingdom
Amara Graps Baltics in Space Latvia
Zuri Gray Armagh Observatory and Planetarium United Kingdom
Olivier Groussin Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille France
Bastian Gundlach Institute for Geophysics and extraterrestrial Physics Germany
Pedro José Gutiérrez Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía Spain
Axel Hagermann University of Stirling United Kingdom
Rajkumar Hajra Indian Institute of Technology Indore India
Nico Haslebacher University of Bern Switzerland
Daniel Hestroffer IMCCE/Paris observatory France
Stubbe Hviid DLR Germany
Iaroslav Iakubuvskyi Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu Estonia
Patrick Irwin University of Oxford United Kingdom
Quazi Saimoon Islam University of Tartu, Tartu Observatory Estonia
Stavro Ivanovski INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Trieste Italy
Hantao Ji Princeton University United States
Fredrik Leffe Johansson IRF Uppsala Sweden
Laurent Jorda Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille France
Mihkel Kama University College London (secondary: Tartu Observatory, Estonia) United Kingdom
Michael Kelley University of Maryland United States
Joosep Kivasttik University of Tartu Tartu Observatory Estonia
Rosita Kokotanekova ESO Germany
Ekkehard Kuehrt DLR Germany
Fiorangela La Forgia Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" Italy
Monica Lazzarin Padova University-Department of Physics and Astronomy Italy
Zhong-Yi Lin Institute of Astronomy, NCU Taiwan
Tim Lister Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) United States
Andrea Longobardo INAF-IAPS Italy
David Malaspina University of Colorado USA
Johannes Markkanen Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Germany
Zita Martins Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) Portugal
Barbara Matyjasiak CBK Poland
Brian May Self supporting scientist United Kingdom
Christian Mazelle IRAP France
Elena Mazzotta Epifani INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma Italy
Alessandra Migliorini INAF-IAPS Italy
Fernando Moreno Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC Spain
Stefano Mottola DLR Berlin Germany
Karri Muinonen University of Helsinki, Department of Physics Finland
Olga Muñoz Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC Spain
Andreas Nathues Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Germany
Zoltan Nemeth Wigner Research Centre for Physics Hungary
Cyrielle Opitom The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom
Manish Patel The Open University United Kingdom
Ingo Richter Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, TU-Braunschweig Germany
Giovanna Rinaldi IAPS-INAF Italy
Ondrej Santolik Department of Space Physics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague Czech Republic
Boris Segret Observatoire de Paris - PSL Universite France
Yoshiharu Shinnaka Kyoto Sangyo University Japan
Katherine Shirley Univeristy of Oxford United Kingdom
Giuseppe Sindoni Italian Space Agency (ASI) Italy
Peter Stephenson Imperial College London United Kingdom
Seiji Sugita University of Tokyo Japan
Amano Takanobu University of Tokyo Japan
Eri Tatsumi IAC Spain
Hans Teras Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu Estonia
Imre Tóth Konkoly Observatory of Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences Hungary
Massimiliano Vasile University of Strathclyde United Kingdom
Erik Vigren IRF-Uppsala Sweden
Gaetan Wattieaux LAPLACE France
Cyril Simon Wedlund Institut für Weltraumforschung Austria
Paul Wiegert The Unversity of Western Ontario Canada
Paola Zuppella CNR-IFN Italy
International Collaborations
CoPhyLab - Comet Physics Laboratory: B. Gundlach and colleagues (DE, AT, CH)
EnVisS
Claudio Pernechele, INAF, Padova, IT
Richard Cole, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
Jose M. Castro Marin, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, ES

Other instrument team technical leads to be added soon!
Simulation and Modelling Coordinator
Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre CNRS/Université de Lyon, France

Target Identification Team
Chair Colin Snodgrass University of Edinburgh, UK
LSST representative Meg Schwamb Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Observations coordinator Matthew Knight United States Naval Academy, USA
Trajectory design lead Joan Pau Sanchez Cuartielles Cranfield University, UK
Orbit Analysis lead Marco Micheli ESA NEO Coordination Centre
Comet models coordinator Aurelie Guilbert-Lepoutre CNRS/Université de Lyon, France

Dust Hazard Assessment Team
Chair
Cecilia Tubiana INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy
Members:
Raphael Marschall Southwest Research Institute, USA
Vladimir Zakharov IAPS INAF, Italy
Jessica Agarwal Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Vincenzo Della Corte INAF-IAPS, Italy
Stavro Ivanovski INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy
Mike Kelley University of Maryland, USA
Fernando Moreno Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, Spain
Olga Muñoz Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Spain
Frank Postberg Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Alessandra Rotundi Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope", Italy
Jean-Baptiste Vincent DLR Institute for Planetary Research, Germany
Bhaskar Shrikant Agarwal Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu Estonia
Clémence Agrapart CNRS/LPC2E France
Vesa Alatalo Swedish Institute of Space physics Sweden
Stettler Alexander University of Bern Switzerland
Jędrzej Baran CBK Poland
Thomas Beck University of Bern Switzerland
Gerhard Berghofer Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences Austria
Martin Berglund Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Mathias Brändli University of Bern Switzerland
Martin-Diego Busch University of Bern Switzerland
Jose M. Castro-Marin Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia - CSIC Spain
Paolo Chioetto CNR-IFN Padova Italy
Fabrice Colin CNRS LPC2E France
Chiaki Crews The Open University United Kingdom
Victoria Cripps Swedish Institute of Space Physics Uppsala (IRF-Uppsala) Sweden
Thierry de Roche University of Bern Switzerland
Andreas Edström IRF Sweden
Andrey Fedorov IRAP UPS CNRS France
Richárd Flonta Admatis Ltd. Hungary
Jesper Fredriksson Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Thomas Gerber University of Bern / WP Switzerland
Benjamin Grison Institute of Atmospheric Physics CAS Czech Republic
Miguel Luis Herranz De La Revilla Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucia CSIC Spain
Jiri Jansky IAP CAS Czech Republic
Harald Jeszenszky Space Research Institute (IWF) / Austrian Academy of Sciences of Sciences Austria
Jaime Jiménez Ortega Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucia - CSIC Spain
Leif Kalla IRF Sweden
Máté Kerényi IRF Sweden
Zsolt Kovács ADMATIS LTD. Hungary
Máté Krisztián Kubi Admatis Ltd. Hungary
Karin Kruuse Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu Estonia
Robert Labudda IRF Sweden
Gunter Laky Space Research Institute / Austrian Academy of Sciences Austria
Radek Lan IAP CAS Czech Republicy
Olivier Le Duff CNRS France
Stefan Leitner Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences Austria
Werner Magnes Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences Austria
Ignacio Martinez Navajas IAA-CSIC Spain
Neville Mehta University of Bern Switzerland
Mirko Meier University of Bern Switzerland
Harald Michaelis DLR Germany
Aude-Lyse Millet CNRS / LPC2E France
Shintaro Nakajima Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS, JAXA) Japan
Artiom Nikolajev Hanze University of Applied Sciences Lithuania
Dan Ohlsson IRF Sweden
Magnus Oja IRF Sweden
Jonas Olsen Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Harald Ottacher Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences Austria
Rikard Ottemark Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Naoya Ozaki JAXA Japan
Karin Pai University of Tartu Estonia
Aditya Savio Paul University of Tartu ( Tartu Observatory )e Estonia
Claudio Pernechele National Institute for Astrophysics Italy
Joakim Peterson Swedish Institute for Space Physics Sweden
Daniele Piazza UBE Switzerland
David Pisa Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague Czech Republic
Walter Puccio IRFU Sweden
Gergo Rakosi Admatis Ltd Hungary
Sylvain Ranvier Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy Belgium
Martin Rieder University of Bern Switzerland
Julio Rodrigo IAA-CSIC Spain
Gabriel Jörg Schwarzkopf Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering Germany
Manabu Shimoyama Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Jens Simon DLR Germany
Atakan Sirin Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) Sweden
Alessandra Slemer CNR-IFN Italy
Matthew Soman The Open University United Kingdom
Reimo Soosaar University of Tartu, Tartu Observatory Estonia
Manfred Steller Space Research Institute, Graz Austria
Gabor Troznai SGF Ltd. Hungary
Ludek Uhlir Institute of Atmospheric Physics Czech Republic
Naoto Usami The University of Tokyo Japan
Timo Väisänen Aalto University Finland
Aris Valavanoglou Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences Austria
Jakub Vaverka Charles University Czech Republic
Wei Wang Jungo University of Bern Switzerland
Martin Wieser Swedish Institute of Space Physics Sweden
Sebastian Wolf University of Bern Switzerland
Balazs Zabori Centre for Energy Research Hungary
Claudio Zimmermann University of Bern Switzerland
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