Research Fellows

    Research Fellows in Space Science are a cornerstone of the ESA Space Science Faculty, located at ESAC (Spain), ESTEC (the Netherlands) and the ESA Office at STScI (USA).

    For those interested, please also see the information about applying for an ESA Research Fellowship, and do not hesitate to contact the Fellowship coordinator.

     

    Current Research Fellows

    Divided by research field:

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

    Astronomy & AstrophysicS

     

    Alice Borghese

    (ESAC)

    		 - High-energy astrophysics
    - Isolated Neutron stars and magnetars
    - X-ray spectral and timing analysis

    Guadalupe Cañas Herrera

    (ESTEC)

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

    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

    Marjorie Decleir

    (STScI)

    		 - Interstellar dust in Milky Way and nearby galaxies
    - Dust extinction in the Milky Way
    - Dust depletion, abundances, attenuation in nearby galaxies

    Camille Diez

    (ESAC)

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

    Thibaud Moutard

    (ESAC)

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

    Samuel Pearson

    (ESTEC)

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

    Erwan Quintin

    (ESAC)

    		 - X-ray astronomy
    - Transient astronomy
    - Extreme accretion phenomena
    - Data analysis

    Isabel Rebollido Vázquez

    (ESAC)

    		 - Exoplanetary systems
    - Exo minor bodies (comets, asteroids, moons)
    - Astrobiology
    - Circumstellar environmental effects on life

    Alicia Rouco Escorial

    (ESAC)

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

    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

     

    Sarah Boazman

    (ESTEC)

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

    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

    Elena Favaro

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Mars geology/gemorphology
    - ExoMars Mission
    - Rosalind Franklin Rover

    Rozenn Robidel

    (ESAC)

    		 - Exosphere
    - Spectroscopy
    - Icy moons
    - Mercury

     

     

    Solar & Terrestrial Science

     

    Henrik Eklund

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Solar Physics
    - Interferometry
    - Machine learning

    Chris Nelson

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Solar atmosphere
    - UV bursts
    - Magnetohydrodynamic waves

    Laura Rodríguez García

    (ESAC)

    		 - Distribution of solar energetic particles in heliosphere
    - Space Weather
    - coronal mass ejections (CMEs)

    Andy To

    (ESTEC)

    		 - Solar Physics
    - Spectroscopy
    - Coronal Composition

    Domenico Trotta

    (ESAC)

    		 - Heliosphere
    - solar wind, CMEs, plasma turbulence
    - Astrophysical shocks, planetary bow shocks

     

     

    Alumni Portal

    A list of former ESA Space Science Research Fellows can be found in the Alumni Portal.

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