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
Saskia Hekker
HITS, Zentrum für Astronomie, University of Heidelberg, DE
Nikolaos Karnesis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR
Xavier Luri
University of Barcelona, ES
Floris van der Tak
SRON,NL
Earth Sciences
Jonathan Bamber
University of Bristol, UK
Maurice Borgeaud
Retired, former Head of Department at ESA
Gustau Camps-Valls
University of Valencia, Spain
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Kai Bongs
DLR, DE
Luca Cipelletti
University of Montpellier, FR
László Gránásy
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, HU
Marc Heppener
Consultant, FR
(ESSC Treasurer)
Ann-Iren Kittang Jost
CIRiS, NTNU Social Research, NO
Zita Martins
Instituto Superior Técnico, IST, PT
Nicola Montano
University of Milan, IT
Charlot Vandevoorde
GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, DE
SOLAR SYSTEM AND EXPLORATION
Vinciane Debaille
ULB, BE
Sonia Fornasier
LESIA, Université Paris Cité, FR
Mauro Messerotti
INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, IT
Christina Plainaki
ASI, IT
Nicole Schmitz
DLR, DE
Michel Viso
Senior Scientific advisor at Innovaxiom, FR
SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
Yann Kerr
CESBIO, FR
Nicole Schmitz
DLR, DE
Marc Heppener
Consultant, FR
(ESSC Treasurer)
Floris van der Tak
SRON,NL
ESSC eXbO
Nabila Aghanim
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, FR
Anny Cazenave
Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, LEGOS, FR
Alexander Choukér
Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University, DE
Mahesh Anand
The Open University, UK
Marc Heppener
Consultant, FR
(ESSC Treasurer)
Serge Flamenbaum
Senior Advisor and Expert in Space Systems R&D, Technology and Innovation, FR