Bernard Foing

    Senior scientist, Advisor to ESA DG, director ILEWG

     

    Main Research Fields

    Planetary science
    - Moon/Mars geology and history, impacts

    - analysis of SMART-1 and lunar missions data
    - analysis of Mars Express (HRSC) and Mars missions data

    - Moon-Mars sites for science and exploration
    - terrestrial analogues and Earth-Moon-Mars research
     

    Astrobiology
    - galactic interstellar medium & diffuse interstellar bands,

    - fullerenes, PAHs and large organics in space: formation, survival, transport, exposure (biopan-FOTON, Expose-ISS), delivery, sub-surface evolution
    - past and future planetary habitability
     

    Solar/Stellar/Exoplanetary science
    - Sun as a star, solar like activity in stars: chromospheres, coronae, spots, faculae, flares
    - stellar spectroscopy and photometry, variability,  COROT data analysis
    - exoplanet characterisation and science , space and ground observations, exoplanetary transits
     

    Techniques:
    - space missions, instruments, optics, telescopes, detectors, cameras, spectrometers
    - sample analysis, diagnostics of minerals and organics
    - cooperative robotics and test-bench of instruments
    - astrophysics and space science from the Moon
    - Habitats and Laboratories EarthMoonMars

    Keywords

    Planetary science: Moon Mars SMART-1 Mars-Express ExoMars

    Astrobiology: diffuse interstellar bands, fullerenes, PAHs, Expose-ISS

    Solar/Stellar/Exoplanetary: science Sun stars activity variability spectroscopy photometry exoplanet

    Techniques: space missions, instruments, cameras, spectrometers, sample analysis, robotics, Habitats

    Ongoing collaborations

    Ongoing collaborations  on Interdisciplinary projects:
    - PI: ExoGeoLab, ExoHab, EuroMoonMars
    - MoonVillage collaborations
    - SMART-1 science team, Mars-Express HRSC team, ExoMars PanCam team, COROT team
    - Astrobiology and Moon-Mars terrestrial analogues (Leiden, VU Amsterdam, NASA Ames, ...)
    - Young professional training:  Research Prof. VU Amsterdam & Florida Tech; Guest Prof. at ISU, ISAE Supaero, Artscience interfaculty The Hague

    Publications

    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_fTVp0kAAAAJ&hl=en

    Refereed Publications:

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    Proceedings publications by B.H. Foing:

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    ILEWG, EuroMoonMars and ExoGeoLab publications:

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    Project/mission at ESA

    Projects/tasks at ESA
     

    Project scientist: SMART-1 (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/smart-1 , refereed papers on http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?library&libname=Latest+SMART-1+library)

    Co-I: SOHO, XMM, COROT, EXPOSE Organics on FOTON & ISS, BIOMEX on ISS,  Mars-Express HRSC http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express 

    ExoMars PanCam http://exploration.esa.int/mars/

    PI: ExoGeoLab, ExoHab, EuroMoonMars
     

    Study scientist: SIMURIS interferometer, MORO, EuroMoon Lander, Lunar lander LES3 2005, Moon Village studies (2010 - now)
     

    Elected president , ESTEC Staff Association Committee (2012-2017)
     

     

    Committees membership:

    IAF International Astronautical Federation http://www.iafastro.com/ 

    IAF ITACCUS Socio Cultural Utilisation of Space (vice-chair), http://www.iafastro.org/committees/committee-for-the-cultural-utilisation-of-space-itaccus/

    IAF Space Exploration,

    COSPAR  https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/ , COSPAR PEX Planetary Exploration Panel,

    COSPAR B planetary & B2 Moon sub-committee (vice-chair), 

    EGU https://www.egu.eu/ PS Planetary Science (terrestrial planets officer) ;  

    IAA International Academy of Astronautics https://www.iaaweb.org/ (full elected member), IAU

     

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