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Maximilian N. Günther (ESA/ESTEC) - Chair
Research Interests
Exoplanets and habitability
Stellar flares and cool stars
Machine learning and Bayesian statistics
Ongoing Collaborations
CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS)
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars (SPECULOOS)
Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP)
Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)
ESA profile | Personal website | Email
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Ines Belgacem (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interests
Study of icy surfaces
Spectrophotometry
Bayesian statistics
Habitability in our solar system and beyond
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Stefano Bellotti (formerly ESA/ESTEC, now Leiden Observatory)
Research Interests
Stellar activity
Stellar magnetic fields and evolution
Radial velocity detection and characterisation of exoplanets
Ongoing Collaborations
SPIRou consortium
Ariel consortium
Personal website
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Stephan Birkmann (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interests
Study of exoplanet systems using JWST/NIRSpec
Characterisation of NIR detectors
Ongoing Collaborations
NIRSpec GTO team for observations of transiting exoplanets and IFU spectroscopy of resolvable planetary companions
NIRSpec Instrument Science Team
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Carlos del Burgo Díaz (External Collaborator - INAOE)
Research Interests
Brown dwarfs; exoplanets, debris disks, and (their) stars
Stellar evolution models and stellar atmosphere models
Light curves and radial velocities
Machine learning and Bayesian statistics
Integral Field Spectroscopy
High-contrast Imaging and High-resolution Spectroscopy
Ongoing Collaborations
PLATO: PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars
SHARDDS: Sphere High Angular Resolution Disc Debris Survey
REASONS: REsolved ALMA and SMA Observations of Nearby Stars
Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP)
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Quentin Changeat (formerly ESA/STScI, now Uni. of Groningen)
Research Interests
Characterization of exoplanets
Transit, Eclipse, Phase-curve, Imaging
Retrieval and Machine learning methods
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Nicolas Crouzet (formerly ESA/ESTEC, now Leiden Observatory)
Research Interests
Characterisation of exoplanets' atmospheres
Detection of transiting exoplanets
Astronomy from Antarctica
Ongoing Collaborations
JWST Transiting Exoplanet Early Release Science program
JWST NIRSpec GTO team for transiting exoplanets
Ariel Payload Consortium
Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP)
Transiting exoplanet spectroscopy with Nordic Optical Telescope
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Bernard Foing (formerly ESA/ESTEC, now Leiden Observatory)
Research Interest
Exoplanets
Binary Stars
Machine Learning
Planetary science
Solar and stellar variability
Astrochemistry, space fullerenes and PAHs
Astrobiology
MoonMars Landers, Rovers and Telescopes
MoonVillage
Ongoing Collaborations
Partner, EuroSpaceHub EU network to train space researchers and
entrepreneurs
Lead, EuroMoonMars Earth Space Innovation programme
Chair, IAF ITACCUS Cultural Utilisation of Space
Prof, Leiden/Amsterdam/EPFL/ISU
Publication List | Email
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Philippe Gondoin (ESA/ESTEC Emeritus)
Research Interests
Rotation evolution of cool stars
Magnetic activity of Sun-like stars
Stellar ages determination
Stellar open clusters
Exoplanets and habitability
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Laura Hayes (formerly ESA/ESTEC, now DIAS)
Research Interests
Solar flares
X-ray, radio, time-varying signatures
Solar-stellar connection
Space weather
Impacts on terrestrial ionospheres
Solar flare prediction
Machine learning
Ongoing Collaborations
Solar Orbiter
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Ana Heras (ESA/ESTEC)
Research Interest
Debris disks, using e.g. Herschel observations
Multi-band observations of exoplanet transits for the study of the stellar activity and planetary atmospheres
Artificial Intelligence applications to the study of exoplanet transits
Preparatory scientific activities for the PLATO mission
Ongoing Collaborations
Members of the Herschel-Dunes programme consortium
Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP)
PLATO
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Gaitee Hussain (ESA/ESTEC)
Research Interests
Exoplanets
Stellar activity
Stellar magnetism
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Kate Isaak (ESA/ESTEC)
Research Interests
Transiting exoplanets, detection and characterisation
Ongoing Collaborations
CHEOPS
Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP)
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Miho Janvier (ESA/ESTEC)
Research Interests
Solar flares and solar storms
Variability in the heliosphere
Space weather
Ongoing Collaborations
Solar Orbiter
Heliospheric missions & ground based coordinated observations
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Sarah Kendrew (ESA/STScI)
Research Interests
Exoplanet transit observations with JWST/MIRI
Technical time-series data analysis and characterisation of instrument systematics
Detection of S02 in exoplanet atmospheres
Ongoing Collaborations
JWST/MIRI team lead at STScI
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Ralf Kohley (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interests
Exoplanets
Instrumentation
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Theresa Lüftinger (ESA/ESTEC)
Research Interests
Exoplanets and their atmospheres
Preparatory scientific activities for the Ariel mission
Stellar magnetic fields and stellar activity/winds/flares/CMEs
Impact of planet host stars on their planets/planetary systems
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications for the study of exoplanet atmospheres
Ongoing Collaborations
Ariel
Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP)
BCool consortium
MagIcS & MiMeS
Personal website
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Bruno Merin (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interests
Protoplanetary and Debris disks, using e.g. Gaia, HST and Herschel observations
Study of the match between exoplanet populations and proto-planetary disk populations
Machine Learning applications to astronomical data analysis, in particular on de-noising transit detections and accelerating atmospheric retrievals
Citizen science
Ongoing Collaborations
Member of the Herschel DIGIT and Gould Belt Key Programmes
Collaborator of the University College London's ExoIA group
Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP)
Personal website
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Larry O'Rourke (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interests
Exoplanets
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Anna Pala (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interests
Accreting white dwarf binaries
Transients and variable stars
Binary evolution and population studies
Ongoing Collaborations
Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP)
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Isabel Rebollido (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interests
Debris disks & direct imaging
Minor bodies & exocomets
Planetary systems
Gas around MS stars & absorption spectroscopy
Ongoing Collaborations
JWST Telescope Science Team
JWST ERS 1386
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Emily Rickman (ESA/STScI)
Research Interests
Exoplanets and brown dwarfs
High-contrast imaging
Radial velocities
Astrometry
Emission spectroscopy
Ongoing Collaborations
JWST Telescope Scientist Team
JWST NIRSpec Commissioning Team
ExoGRAVITY
LIFE Space Mission Concept
NACO-ISPY
ESA profile | Personal website
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Victor See (ESA/ESTEC)
Research Interests
Stellar magnetism, activity and rotation evolution
Impact of stellar activity on exoplanet habitability
Ongoing Collaborations
BCool consortium
SPiRou consortium
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Matthew Standing (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interests
Exoplanets and habitability
Circumbinary planets (like Tatooine from Star Wars)
Radial velocity detection and characterisation of exoplanets
Ongoing Collaborations
PLATO – Circumbinary planets working group
Binaries Escorted By Orbiting Planets (BEBOP)
Dispersed Matter Planet Project (DMPP)
Gaia
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Anamarija Stankov (ESA/ESTEC)
Research Interests
Asteroseismology
Beta Cephei stars
Multi-band observations of exoplanet transits and variable stars
PLATO mission
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Eva Verdugo (ESA/ESAC)
Research Interest
Stellar magnetic fields
Star formation
Stellar winds
Exoplanets
Ongoing Collaborations
The Network for UltraViolet Astrophysics (NUVA)
The Joint Center for UltraViolet Astronomy (JCUVA)
The World Space Observatory – Ultraviolet (WSO-UV Spain) mission
Faculty Research Proposal: JWST and synergies: Comprehensive taxonomy of planetary systems
PLATO
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