Panels & Members
ESSC Chair
Prof. Chris Rapley
University College London, UK
ESSC is currently chaired by Professor Chris Rapley and includes 33 members across four panels.
The Chairperson is assisted by the European Science Foundation (ESF) Office
ESSC Scientific Panels
ASTRONOMY AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS
Fabrizio Fiore
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, IT
Ravit Helled
Center for Theoretical Astrophysics & Cosmology, University of Zurich, CH
Floris van der Tak
SRON,NL
Nikolaos Karnesis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR
Anne Decourchelle
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA Paris Saclay), FR
Jens Chluba
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, UK
Xavier Luri
University of Barcelona, ES
Earth Sciences
Jonathan Bamber
University of Bristol, UK
Anny Cazenave
Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, LEGOS, FR
Christian Massari
CNR-National Research Council, IT
Yann Kerr
CESBIO, FR
Michaela Hegglin
Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE
Marta Marcos
UIB - IMEDEA; CSIC-UIB, ES
Johanna Tamminen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI
Véronique Dehant
Royal Observatory of Belgium & Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), BE
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Charlot Vandevoorde
Panel Chair
GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, DE
Marc Heppener
Consultant, FR
(ESSC Treasurer)
Ann-Iren Kittang Jost
CIRiS, NTNU Social Research, NO
Ruth-Sophie Taubner
Austrian Academy of Sciences, AT
Denise Ferravante
University of Rome, Faculty of Medicine, and Psychology, IT
Asuncion Garcia- Escorial
CENIM-CSIC, ES
Roberto Cerbino
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, AT
SOLAR SYSTEM AND EXPLORATION
Vinciane Debaille
ULB, BE
Sonia Fornasier
LESIA, Université Paris Cité, FR
Mauro Messerotti
INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, IT
SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
Yann Kerr
CESBIO, FR
Michel Viso
Senior Scientific advisor at Innovaxiom, FR
Marc Heppener
Consultant, FR
(ESSC Treasurer)
Floris van der Tak
SRON,NL
ESSC eXbO
Saskia Hekker
HITS, Zentrum für Astronomie, University of Heidelberg, DE
Maurice Borgeaud
Retired, former Head of Department at ESA, CH
Alexander Choukér
Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University, DE
Nicole Schmitz
DLR, DE
Marc Heppener
Consultant, FR
(ESSC Treasurer)
Serge Flamenbaum
Senior Advisor and Expert in Space Systems R&D, Technology and Innovation, FR