Meet the Team

Poland

Jagiellonian University
HYADES Lead Proposer
  • ERC Consolidator Grant Leader (HYADES)
  • Expertise: Cometary science, spectroscopic and photometric techniques
Jagiellonian University
HYADES Project Manager

Expertise: Cometary science, spectroscopic and photometric techniques, geology

Astronomy Working Group

Jagiellonian University
Astronomy WG Lead

Expertise: Cometary science, spectroscopic and photometric techniques

Jagiellonian University
Astronomy WG member
Jagiellonian University
Astronomy WG member
Jagiellonian University
Astronomy WG member

Expertise: Cometary Science, photochemistry, numerical modeling

Physics Working Group

Jagiellonian University
Physics WG Lead

Expertise: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, hydrogen and deuterium filter cells

Jagiellonian University
Physics WG member

Expertise: Satellite orbit determination, orbital dynamics, numerical modeling, GNSS-based orbit analysis, LEO orbit propagation.

Jagiellonian University
Physics WG member
Jagiellonian University
Physics WG member

Expertise: atomic optics

Engineering Working Group

Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences / Jagiellonian University
Lead System Engineer
  • Co-I and Project Manager in multiple ESA and NASA missions, i.e. IMAP, PROBA-3, ExoMars
  • Expertise: Space instrumentation and electronics
Jagiellonian University
Engineering WG member

Germany

Paul Hartogh

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research / University of Göttingen
Germany Lead
  • Active contributor to ESA Rosetta, Herschel Space Observatory (PI), JUICE Submillimeter Wave Instrument (PI)
  • Expertise: Water in the Solar System, D/H ratio, space instrumentation

Jessica Agarwal

Braunschweig University of Technology
Astronomy WG member
  • ERC Starting Grant Leader (CAstRA)
  • Expertise: Cometary dust, numerical modeling of dust dynamics

Sebastian Diebold

University of Tübingen
Detector Lead
  • Development of MCP-based detectors for space instrumentation
  • Expertise: Microchannel plates, UV light detection, electronics

Joanna Drążkowska

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Planet Formation WG Lead
  • ERC Starting Grant Leader (PLANETOIDS)
  • Expertise: Planetary formation models

Beate Stelzer

University of Tübingen
MCP Detector Group Leader
  • Expertise: Young Stellar Objects, Low-mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs, White Dwarfs in binaries

Switzerland

Raphael Marschall

University of Bern
Switzerland Lead
  • Active contributor to ESA/NASA missions (Rosetta, Lucy, Comet Interceptor)
  • Expertise: Cometary environments and dust/gas modeling

Maria Drozdovskaya

University of Bern
Astrochemistry WG Lead
  • ERC Consolidator Grant Leader (PSII)
  • Expertise: Protoplanetary disks, Astrochemistry, Cometary science

Nora Hänni

University of Bern
Astrochemistry WG member
  • Active contributor to ESA Rosetta
  • Expertise: Cometary chemistry, in-situ mass spectrometry, instrumental data analysis

Martin Rubin

University of Bern
Astrochemistry WG member
  • Active contributor to ESA Rosetta
  • PI of MANiaC mass spectrometer on ESA Comet Interceptor
  • Expertise: Cometary composition, in-situ mass spectrometry

Luxembourg

Jarosław Jaworski

Edge Aerospace
Luxembourg Lead
  • Managing Director at Redwire Luxembourg
  • Expertise: On-board computing and spacecraft communication systems

Rafał Graczyk

Edge Aerospace
ICMMU Lead
  • Chief technical officer at Edge Aerospace
  • Expertise: Space system engineering

Contributors

Mirosław Rataj
Poland

Mirosław Rataj

CBK Contribution Lead
Poland
N7 Chief Executive Officer (CEO)