Research Fellow Alumni - Space Science Faculty
Research Fellow Alumni Portal
This page illuminates the career path of former Space Science Research Fellows at ESAC and ESTEC. Current Research Fellows are not included.
The list is mostly complete back to 2006, and we have contact details for many former Fellows, so please feel free to ask if you would like to contact someone.
Former Research Fellows tend to move into one of four broad types of employment: Academia (~50%), Industry (~20%), ESA-related contractor (~20%), and ESA staff (~10%).
| Name | Final Year | RF location | Last known role/affiliation (plus previous known affiliations since completing ESA RF) |
Type of current employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Hepburn | 2024 | ESAC | ||
| Sophie Musset | 2024 | ESTEC | ||
| Rickbir Bahia | 2024 | ESTEC | ||
| Rachana Bhatawdekar | 2023 | ESTEC | Software and Data Systems Architect, ESAC | ESA staff |
| Ines Belgacem | 2023 | ESAC | NASA, JPL | Industry/academia |
| William Alston | 2023 | ESAC | ||
| Emilia Jarvela | 2023 | ESAC | ||
| Andrew Lobban | 2023 | ESAC | ||
| Alexander James | 2023 | ESAC | ||
| Nils Janitzek | 2023 | ESAC | ||
| Emily Rickman | 2022 | STScI | ESA Science Operations Scientist, STScI, Baltimore, USA | ESA staff |
| Maximilian Günther | 2022 | ESTEC | CHEOPS Project Scientist, ESTEC | ESA staff |
| Csilla Orgel | 2022 | ESTEC | ||
| Charlotte Götz | 2022 |
ESTEC |
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| Tereza Jerabkova | 2022 | ESTEC | Observing Programmes Office, ESO | Academia |
| Nuria Alvarez | 2022 | ESAC | ||
| Hans Huybrighs | 2022 | ESTEC | Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi | Academia |
| Quentin Nenon | 2022 | ESTEC | ||
| Sandor Kruk | 2021 | ESTEC | Data Scientist, ESAC | ESA staff |
| Nicholas Crouzet | 2021 | ESTEC | ||
| Lyndsay Old | 2021 | ESAC | ||
| Daniel Michalik | 2021 | ESTEC | ||
| Anezina Solomonidou | 2021 | ESAC | Greek Space Agency, Greece | Government |
| Crispin Logan | 2020 | ESAC | Sony Playstation, UK | Industry |
| Gabi Matzeu | 2020 | ESAC |
Quasar, Spain University of Bologna |
Industry for ESA |
| Alice Zocchi | 2020 | ESTEC | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Vienna, Austria | Academia |
| Michael Parker | 2020 | ESAC | University of Cambridge (UK) | Academia |
| Laia Barrufet | 2020 | ESAC | University of Geneva, Switzerland | Academia |
| Joana Rodrigues de Oliveira | 2020 | ESTEC | Scientist, INTA, Madrid | Academia |
| Hector Canovas | 2019 | ESAC | AURORA TECHNOLOGY BV (Gaia Science Operations Centre) | Industry for ESA |
| Japheth Yates | 2019 | ESAC | Simulation Engineer, Arrival Ltd | Industry |
| Maggie Lieu | 2019 | ESAC | Research Fellow, University of Nottingham | Academia |
| Ginevra Favole | 2019 | ESAC | Portsmouth University | Academia |
| Felix Fürst | 2019 | ESAC |
Science Operations Scientist, ESAC TELESPAZIO VEGA UK LIMITED |
ESA staff |
| Eleni Kalfountzou | 2019 | ESAC | P&G, Geneva, Switzerland Postdoc at Harvard University |
Industry |
| Ciro Pinto | 2019 | ESTEC | Staff Scientist, INAF – IASF Palermo, Italy | Academia |
| Oliver Lomax | 2019 | ESTEC |
Weather Scientist at Met Office, Cardiff, UK
|
Government Research |
| Janine Pforr | 2019 | ESTEC | Project Officer, Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands | Academia/Management |
| Lina Hadid | 2019 | ESTEC | CNRS Researcher, LPP, Paris, France | Academia |
| Ottaviano Ruesch | 2019 | ESTEC | Head of Junior Research Group, University of Münster, Germany | Academia |
| Sergio Toledo Redondo | 2018 | ESAC | Assistant Lecturer, University of Murcia, Spain IRAP, Toulouse |
Academia |
| Frank Tramper | 2018 | ESAC | IAASAR, National Observatory of Athens | Academia |
| Meiert Grootes | 2018 | ESTEC | Senior Research Software Engineer, Netherlands eScience Center, NL | Academia |
| Victoria Grinberg | 2018 | ESTEC | Liaison Scientist, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands | ESA staff |
| Regina Rudawska | 2018 | ESTEC | ESA/ESTEC | Industry for ESA |
| Chrysa Avdellidou | 2018 | ESTEC | Postdoctoral Researcher, Observatory of Nice, France | Academia |
| Owen Roberts | 2018 | ESTEC | Postdoctoral Researcher, Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria | Academia |
| Denise Perrone | 2017 | ESAC | Project Scientist at Italian Space Agency ASI Research Associate, Imperial College London |
Academia |
| Alana Rivera | 2017 | ESAC | Data Scientist, Accenture, Madrid, Spain | Industry |
| Pablo Riviere | 2017 | ESAC | Técnico Superior, Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Madrid Scientific advisor in Terminus 7, Intelygenz Post-Doc at Insituto de Física Fundamental (IFF, CSIC) |
Academia |
| Jacopo Chevallard | 2017 | ESTEC | Research Scientiest, BLOOM, Paris, France | Industry |
| Christopher Tibbs | 2017 | ESTEC | Research Data Officer, University of Exeter, UK | Academia/Management |
| Christian Schneider | 2017 | ESTEC | Postdoc, University of Hamburg, Germany | Academia |
| Carlo Manara | 2017 | ESTEC | Staff Scientist, ESO, Garching | Academia |
| Ben de Vries | 2017 | ESTEC | Scientific Visualization Consultant at SURF, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Academia |
| Jack Carlyle | 2017 | ESTEC | Teacher, UK | Government |
| Lucile Turc | 2017 | ESTEC | Marie Curie Fellow & Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki, Finland | Academia |
| Johannes Sahlmann | 2016 | ESAC | Gaia Science Operations Engineer, RHEA Group AURA Instrument Scientist at Space Telescope Science Institute |
Industry for ESA |
| Jari Kajava | 2016 | ESAC |
SERCO, Spain Post-doc position in X-ray Astronomy at Centro de Astrobiología (ESAC campus, Madrid) |
Industry for ESA |
| Thomas Cornet | 2016 | ESAC | AURORA TECHNOLOGY BV (BepiColombo, ESAC) CNES, Paris |
Industry for ESA |
| Teresa Antoja | 2016 | ESTEC | Ramon y Cajal Fellow, Barcelona, Spain | Academia |
| Stefanie Raetz | 2016 | ESTEC | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tübingen, Germany | Academia |
| Lucie Maquet | 2015 | ESAC | l'Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Paris | Academia |
| Jean-Christophe Leyder | 2015 | ESAC | Insight Data Science, San Francisco, USA | Industry |
| Tim Rawle | 2015 | ESAC | ESA Ariel Science Operations Scientist, ESA/ESAC; ESA JWST Instrument and Calibration Scientist, STScI | ESA Staff |
| Sara Motta | 2015 | ESAC | Glasstone Fellow at Oxford University | Academia |
| Nora Luetzgendorf | 2015 | ESTEC | ESA LISA Study Scientist/JWST Science Operations Scientist | ESA Staff |
| Emmanuel Grotheer | 2015 | ESTEC | Planetary Archive Scientist at Serco for European Space Agency (ESA) | Industry for ESA |
| Antonio Garcia | 2015 | ESTEC | ||
| Sebastien Besse | 2015 | ESTEC | ESA Planetary Science Archive Lead Scientist / BepiColombo Operation Scientist | ESA Staff |
| Andrea Opitz | 2015 | ESTEC | ||
| Martin Henze | 2014 | ESAC | Edison Software UCSD (University of San Diego) ICE-CSIC, Barcelona |
Industry |
| Margherita Giustini | 2014 | ESAC | Centro de Astrobiologia CSIC-INTA, SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht |
Academia |
| Kazi Rygl | 2014 | ESTEC | Researcher at the Italian ALMA Regional Centre, INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia | Academia |
| Benne Holwerda | 2014 | ESTEC | Associate Professor at University of Louisville | Academia |
| Ágnes Kóspál | 2014 | ESTEC | Research Advisor (tenured), Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungary | Acaemia |
| Lauranne Fauvet | 2014 | ESTEC | Environmental consultant, University of Plymouth | Academia/Management |
| Aurelie Guilbert-Lepoutre | 2014 | ESTEC | CNRS researcher, Geology Laboratory (LGL-TPE) in Lyon, France | Academia |
| Primoz Kajdic | 2014 | ESTEC | Scientist, Geophysics Institute, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | Academia |
| Joana Santos | 2013 | ESAC | Microsoft Lisbon Marie Curie Fellow, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Italy |
Industry |
| Jiri Svoboda | 2013 | ESAC | Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic | Academia |
| Nicola Da Rio | 2013 | ESTEC | ||
| Nathan Leigh | 2013 | ESTEC | Professor in the Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Concepion, Chil | Academia |
| Andrew Walsh | 2013 | ESTEC | Solar Orbiter Instrument Operations Scientist, ESAC | ESA Staff |
| Catarina Alves de Oliveira | 2012 | ESAC |
Head of the Science Operations Development Division, ESAC SMILE Development Manager, ESAC |
ESA Staff |
| Benoit Carry | 2012 | ESAC | Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice IMCCE, Paris |
Academia |
| Alvaro Labiano | 2012 | ESAC | JWST scientist at Telespazio/Vega for ESA | Industry for ESA |
| Rachel Soja | 2012 | ESAC | Data Analyst, Umlaut Company Post-Doc at Stuttgart University |
Industry |
| Davide Gandolfi | 2012 | ESTEC | ||
| Morten Andersen | 2012 | ESTEC | Astronomer at ESO Garching | Academia |
| Elaine Winston | 2012 | ESTEC | ||
| Damien Loizeau | 2012 | ESTEC | ||
| Arianna Piccialli | 2012 | ESTEC | ||
| Jan Soucek | 2012 | ESTEC | ||
| Catherine Fischer | 2012 | ESTEC | Junior Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics | AcademiaProfessor in the Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Concepion, Chil |
| Angels Aran | 2012 | ESTEC | Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain | Academia |
| Bartolomeo Vitticchie | 2012 | ESTEC | Remote Sensing Scientist - LI Science Team Leader at EUMETSAT | Government Research |
| Conny Hansson | 2012 | ESTEC | Staff Engineer - Detector and Scientific Instrumentations at SLAC National Accelerator Laborator | Academia |
| Erwan Treguier | 2011 | ESAC | Freelance Translator, France | Industry |
| José María Castro Cerón | 2011 | ESAC | ISDEFE (Torres Queveo Researcher, ESAC) Herschel, ESAC |
Industry for ESA |
| Silvia Vicente | 2011 | ESTEC | ||
| Loredana Spezzi | 2011 | ESTEC | ||
| Ruth Ziethe | 2011 | ESTEC | Project Leader at MS Software Engineering | Industry |
| Kavita Sharma | 2011 | ESTEC | ||
| Annette Borg | 2011 | ESTEC | Scientist at Meteorological Institute of Finland | Government/Research |
| Rosario Brunetto | 2010 | ESAC | Université Paris Sud de Orsay | Academia |
| Simone Migliari | 2010 | ESAC | AURORA TECHNOLOGY BV (XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre, ESAC) Científico Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Barcelona |
Industry for ESA |
| Hervé Bouy | 2010 | ESAC | LAB, Université de Bordeaux LAEFF-CAB, Madrid |
Academia |
| Achille Nucita | 2010 | ESAC | Researcher, INFN-U. del Salento, Lecce, Italy | Academia |
| Maria Messineo | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Jakob Walcher | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Giacomo Beccari | 2010 | ESTEC | Astronomer at ESO Garching | Academia |
| Rosario Brunetto | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Sandra Schumacher | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Jessica Agarwal | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Maria Gritsevich | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Fabrice Cipriani | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Pierre Vernazza | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Alexandr Afanasiev | 2010 | ESTEC | ||
| Nick Cox | 2009 | ESAC | Research and Development Engineer, ACRI-ST, Toulouse, France Guest Researcher at University of Amsterdam IRAP (Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology) Postdoc, Institute of Astronomy, K.U. Leuven, Belgium |
Academia |
| Frederic Schmidt | 2009 | ESAC | Assistant professor, IDES laboratory, Université Paris XI (Orsay) | Academia |
| Benjamin Grison | 2009 | ESTEC | ||
| Anna Lia Longinotti | 2008 | ESAC | Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM, Mexico Postdoctoral Associate at MIT Kavli Institute, Cambridge, US |
Academia |
| Luca Conversi | 2008 | ESAC | NEO Coordination Centre Manager Planetary Defence Office Euclid Instrument Scientist, ESAC Herschel Calibration Scientist, ESAC |
ESA Staff |
| Lucia Ballo | 2008 | ESAC | TELESPAZIO VEGA UK LIMITED (XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre, ESAC) Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (INAF), Milano, Italy Postdoc at Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Santander, Spain |
Industry for ESA |
| Stefania Carpano | 2008 | ESAC | Scientist at MPE, Munich JWST calibration scientist, ESTEC |
Academia |
| Jens Rodman | 2008 | ESTEC | ||
| Jimmy Paillet | 2008 | ESTEC | ||
| Bruno Martin Merin | 2008 | ESTEC | ESA Astronomer and Data Scientist | ESA Staff |
| Jesus Falcon Barroso | 2008 | ESTEC | ||
| Cyril Simon | 2008 | ESTEC | ||
| Nicolas André | 2008 | ESTEC | ||
| Jonathan McCauliffe | 2008 | ESTEC | ||
| Tra-Mi Ho | 2008 | ESTEC | Project manager, DLR, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, Bremen | Government Research |
| Angelo Rossi | 2008 | ESTEC | Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, Jacobs University Bremen | Academia |
| Arne Asnes | 2008 | ESTEC | ||
| Marion Cadolle Bel | 2007 | ESAC | Product Manager at Sixt Leasing SE Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF), Garching Research Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munich INTEGRAL Archive & Duty Scientist, ESAC |
Industry |
| Daniela Coia | 2007 | ESAC | TELESPAZIO VEGA UK LIMITED (Archive Scientist, ExoMARS, ESAC) Herschel Data Processing Specialist, ESAC |
Industry for ESA |
| Claudia Isola | 2007 | ESTEC | ||
| Solen Balman | 2007 | ESTEC | Istanbul University, Faculty of Science | Academia |
| David Thi | 2007 | ESTEC | ||
| Claire Vallat | 2007 | ESTEC | JUICE Science Operations Scientist, ESAC | ESA staff |
| Olga Malandraki | 2007 | ESTEC | Scientist, National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing | Academia |
| Stefano Bianchi | 2006 | ESAC | Associate Professor, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre | Academia |
| Anibal García Hernández | 2006 | ESAC | Postdoc, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain | Academia |
| Christiane Helling | 2006 | ESTEC | Director St Andrews Centre of Exoplanet Sciences | Academia |
| Enrico Piconcelli | 2005 | ESAC | Staff astronomer at the "Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma" | Academia |
| Elena Jiménez Bailon | 2005 | ESAC |
Telespazio Vega UK Limited (Archive Scientist for XMM-Newton) |
Industry for ESA |
| Celia Sanchez Fernandez | 2005 | ESAC | ATG Europe (INTEGRAL Operations Scientist) | Industry for ESA |