Comet Interceptor Science Working TEam (SWT)

 

This website contains information and material from meetings of the Science Working Team and its Working Groups.

Comet Interceptor SWT members
Name Institution Function
Michael Küppers ESA/ESAC, Spain ESA Project Scientist
Hideyo Kawakita Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan JAXA Science Lead
     
Nicolas Thomas Univ. Bern, Switzerland Comet Camera (CoCa) Lead Scientist
     
Hanna Rothkaehl Center of Space Research (CBK), Warsaw, Poland Dust, Fields, Plasma (DFP) Lead Scientist
Vincenzo della Corte INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy DFP Co-Lead Scientist
Marina Galand Imperial College, London, UK DFP Co-Lead Scientist
Pierre Henri CNRS, Orleans and Nice, France DFP Co-Lead Scientist
     
Martin Rubin Univ. Bern, Switzerland Mass Analyzer for Neutrals in a Coma (MANiaC) Lead Scientist
     
Neil Bowles Univ. Oxford, UK Modular InfraRed Molecules and Ices Sensor (MIRMIS) Lead Scientist
Antti Näsilä

VTT, Espoo, Finland

 MIRMIS Co-Lead Scientist
     
Kazuo Yoshioka Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Hydrogen Imager (HI) Lead Scientist
     
Naoya Sakatani JAXA, Japan Narrow Angle Camera/Wide Angle Camera (NAC/WAC) Lead Scientist
Shingo Kameda Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan NAC/WAC Co-Lead Scientist
     
Satoshi Kasahara University of Tokyo, Japan Plasma Suite (PS) Lead Scientist
Ayako Matsuoka Kyoto University, Japan PS Co-Lead Scientist
     
Vania Da Deppo CNR-IFN, Padova, Italy Entire Visible Sky (EnVisS) Lead Scientist
Luisa Lara IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain EnVisS Co-Lead Scientist
     
Mihkel Pajusalu Univ. of Tartu, Estonia Optical Periscope Imager for Comets (OPIC) Lead Scientist

 

The SWT is supported by Working Groups (WGs):

 

The members of the Science Operations Working Group are:  

Name Institution Function or Instrument represented
Antoine Pommerol Univ. Bern, Switzerland Comet Camera (CoCa)
Mariusz Pozoga Center of Space Research (CBK), Warsaw, Poland Dust, Fields, Plasma (DFP)
Jan Soucek IAP, Prague, Czech Republic DFP
Thomas Beck Univ. Bern, Switzerland Mass Analyzer for Neutrals in a Coma (MANiaC)
Tomas Kohout Univ. Helsinki, Finland Modular InfraRed Molecules and Ices Sensor (MIRMIS)
Kazuo Yoshioka Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Probe B1 Representative
Vincenzo della Corte INAF-IAPS, Rome, Italy Entire Visible Sky (EnVisS)
Mihkel Pajusalu Univ. of Tartu, Estonia Optical Periscope Imager for Comets (OPIC)
Johan de Keyser Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomie, Brussels, Belgium Comet Interceptor Science DAta Centre (CISDC) Representative

 

 

 

The members of the Target Identification WG and the Comet Environment WG can be found here