Our Team
The Hera science team is based on working groups per mission topic, which is different from the model adopted for large ESA planetary missions, where the Project Scientist is supported by Science Working Teams consisting mostly of instrument Principal Investigators (PIs).
Through this structure, the Mission PI is the primary interface to ESA and advises the ESA Hera Project Scientist and the Hera Mission Manager. The Mission PI is invited to the ESA subordinate bodies of the ESA Council, as required and according to the respective rules and regulations governing such meetings.
Hera Science Team
The Hera Science Team includes the ESA Project Scientist and the mission PI, who, together with the Advisory Board, compose the Science Management Board (SMB). It also includes the Investigation Team, which is composed of the Mission PI, the Advisory Board, the Working Group Chairs and some instrument representatives. There are also instrument PIs who are responsible for decisions about delivery and safe operation of their instrument, and an Operation Group with a Chair appointed by ESA for the operational aspects of the mission.
Mission PI
Dr. Patrick Michel Univ. Côte d’Azur | Obs. Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Lagrange Lab. Nice, France
Management Board Members
Pr. Alan Fitzsimmons Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom
Pr. Simon F. Green The Open University, United Kingdom
Pr. Monica Lazzarin Padova University, Italy
Dr. Stephan Ulamec DLR, Germany
Working group chairs & instrument responsibles
Pr. Adriano Campo Bagatin Univ. Alicante, Spain
Dr. Benoît Carry Univ. Côte d’Azur, Obs. Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Lagrange Lab, France
Pr. Sébastien Charnoz IPGP, France
Dr. Julia de Leon lnstituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain
Pr. Paulo Gordo Univ. Lisbon, Portugal
Dr. Alain Hérique lPAG, France
Dr. Martin Jutzi University of Bern, Switzerland
Dr. Ozgur Karatekin ROB, Belgium
Dr. Tomas Kohout Univ. Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Naomi Murdoch lSAE-Supaero, France
Pr. Tatsuaki Okada ISAS/JAXA, Japan
Dr. Petr Pravec Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic
Dr. Colin Snodgrass University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Pr. Paolo Tortora Univ. Bologna, ltaly
Pr. Kleomenis Tsiganis University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Jean-Baptiste Vincent DLR, Germany
Dr. Kai Wünnemann Berlin Museum für Naturkunde, Germany
Hera International Team Members
Dr. Olivier S. Barnouin APL/JHU, USA
Dr. Nancy Chabot APL/JHU, USA
Dr. Andy Cheng APL/JHU, USA
Dr. Carolyn Ernst APL/JHU, USA
Pr. Derek C. Richardson Univ. Maryland, USA
Dr. Andy Rivkin APL/JHU, USA
Dr. Angela Stickle APL/JHU, USA
Dr. Cristina Thomas Northern Arizona University, USA
Dr. Elisabetta Dotto INAF, Italy
Pr. Masahiko Arakawa Univ. Kobe, Japan
Pr. Hirdy Miyamoto Univ. Tokyo, Japan
Pr. Akiko Nakamura Univ. Kobe, Japan
Pr. Seiji Sugita Univ. Tokyo, Japan
Pr. Makoto Yoshikawa ISAS/JAXA, Japan
Dr. Paul Abell NASA, USA
Pr. Erik Asphaug Univ. Arizona, USA
Dr. Ronald-Louis Ballouz Univ. Arizona, USA
Dr. William F. Bottke Jr. SWRI, USA
Pr. Dante S. Lauretta Univ. Arizona, USA
Dr. Kevin J. Walsh SWRI, USA