Research Fellows

    Dedicating 100% of their time at ESA to pure research, Research Fellows in Space Science are a cornerstone of the ESA Space Science Faculty.

    Research Fellows are located at ESAC (Madrid), ESTEC (the Netherlands) and the ESA Office at STScI (USA).

    For information about applying for an ESA Research Fellowship, or more information in general, please contact Fellowship coordinator.

     

    Current Research Fellows

    Divided by research field:

    • Astronomy & Astrophysics
    • Planetary Science
    • Solar & Terrestrial Science

    Astronomy & AstrophysicS

     

    Guadalupe Cañas Herrera

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Fundamental cosmology: inflation, modified gravity
    - Gravitational-waves
    - Statistical Bayesian inference techniques
    - machine learning

    Quentin Changeat

    (STScI)

    		 - Exoplanets
    - Atmospheric physics
    - Data analysis

    Ashley Chrimes

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Extragalactic transients
    - Supernova
    - Gamma-ray bursts, fast radio bursts
    - Gravitational waves
    - Stellar evolution, magnetars

    Chiara Circosta

    (ESAC)

    		 - AGN feedback
    - Black hole-galaxy co-evolution
    - AGN obscuration
    - SED fitting
    - Multiwavelength surveys

    Camille Diez

    (ESAC)

    		 - High-energy astrophysics
    - X-ray binaries
    - Neutron stars
    - Stellar winds
    - Accretion

    Katja Fahrion

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Globular clusters
    - Nuclear star clusters
    - Galaxy formation
    - Stellar populations

    Oliver Hall

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Asteroseismology of solar-like oscillators
    - Stellar rotational evolution
    - Gaussian Processes in the time domain
    - Hierarchical Bayesian Models

    Thibaud Moutard

    (ESAC)

    		 - Galaxy Evolution
    - Galaxy Star Formation / Quenching
    - Cosmic Large-Scale Structures
    - Large-Scale / Ultra-Deep Multi-Wavelength Surveys

    Anna Pala

    (ESAC)

    		 - Accreting white dwarfs
    - Compact binary evolution
    - UV and optical spectroscopy
    - Accretion physics

    Samuel Pearson

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Star formation
    - Planet formation
    - Brown dwarf formation
    - JWST/near-infrared

    Alicia Rouco Escorial

    (ESAC)

    		 - High-energy astrophysics
    - X-ray binaries
    - Gamma-ray bursts
    - Highly magnetized neutron stars
    - Multi-wavelength astronomy
    - Gravitational waves

    Victor See

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Stellar rotation evolution
    - Stellar magnetism and activity
    - Exoplanetary habitability

    Matthew Standing

    (ESAC)

    		 - Exoplanet research
    - Circumbinary planets
    - Radial velocity and transit observations
    - Data analysis and Bayesian statistics

    Sascha Zeegers

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Interstellar medium
    - Interstellar dust
    - X-ray and Infrared spectroscopy
    - X-ray binaries

     

     

    Planetary science

     

    Rickbir Bahia

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Martian geomorphology
    - Martian river valleys and glacial systems
    - Geospatial analysis of planetary data
    - ExoMars rover simulations

    Sarah Boazman

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Geomorphology of the Moon and Mars
    - Planetary geological mapping
    - Remote sensing
    - Monitoring aeolian bedforms on Mars

    Eleni Bohacek

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Planetary geology
    - Remote sensing
    - Computer vision

    Lisanne Braat

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Geomorphology of Earth and Mars
    - Martian deltas
    - Sediment transport modelling
    - Flume experiments

    Guillaume Cruz-Mermy

    (ESAC)

    		 - Planetary sciences, icy moons
    - Surface ices, geomorphology
    - Spectroscopy
    - Radiative transfer

    Willi Exner

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Magnetospheres of small bodies
    - Exosphere interaction with surface and magnetosphere
    - Extreme solar winds on magnetospheres

    Adam Hepburn

    (ESAC)

    		 - Subglacial hydrology
    - Glacial geomorphology
    - Mid-latitude glacial histories of Mars
    - Crater chronology

    Rozenn Robidel

    (ESAC)

    		 - Exosphere
    - Spectroscopy
    - Icy moons
    - Mercury

    Jack Wright

    (ESAC)

    		 - Volcanism on Mercury
    - Volatile-driven processes on Mercury
    - Planetary geological mapping

     

     

    Solar & Terrestrial Science

     

    Henrik Eklund

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Solar Physics
    - Interferometry
    - Machine learning

    Laura Hayes

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Solar flares (X-rays and multi-wavelength observations)
    - Time-series analysis
    - Space weather

    Sophie Musset

    (ESTEC)

    		 - High energy solar physics
    - Particle acceleration in the solar corona
    - Solar flares in X-ray, extreme-UV and radio
    - Solar X-ray instrumentation

    Chris Nelson

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Solar atmosphere
    - UV bursts
    - Magnetohydrodynamic waves

    Andy To

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Solar Physics
    - Spectroscopy
    - Coronal Composition

     

     

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