Panels & Members
ESSC Chair
Prof. Chris Rapley
University College London, UK
ESSC is currently chaired by Professor Chris Rapley and includes 29 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
Xavier Luri
University of Barcelona, ES
Manolis Plionis
National Observatory of Athens, GR
Floris van der Tak
SRON,NL
Earth Sciences
Michaela Hegglin
University of Reading, UK
Gustau Camps-Valls
University of Valencia, Spain
Yann Kerr
CESBIO, FR
LIFE AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Kai Bongs
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK
Luca Cipelletti
University of Montpellier, FR
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
SOLAR SYSTEM AND EXPLORATION
Vinciane Debaille
ULB, BE
Sonia Fornasier
LESIA, Université Paris Cité, FR
Mauro Messerotti
INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, IT
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