Research Fellows

Research Fellows in Space Science are a cornerstone of the ESA Space Science Faculty, located at ESAC (Spain), ESTEC (the Netherlands) and the ESA Office at STScI (USA).

For those interested, please also see the information about applying for an ESA Research Fellowship, and do not hesitate to contact the Fellowship coordinator.

 

Current Research Fellows

Divided by research field:

  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • Planetary Science
  • Solar & Terrestrial Science

Astronomy & AstrophysicS

 

Alice Borghese

(ESAC)

 - High-energy astrophysics
- Isolated Neutron stars and magnetars
- X-ray spectral and timing analysis

Louise Breuval

(STScI)

 - The Hubble Tension
- Cepheid variables
- Astronomical Distances
- Local Group Galaxies
- Space-based Photometry

Guadalupe Cañas Herrera

(ESTEC)

 - Fundamental cosmology: inflation, modified gravity
- Gravitational-waves
- Statistical Bayesian inference techniques
- machine learning

Ashley Chrimes

(ESTEC)

 - Extragalactic transients
- Supernova
- Gamma-ray bursts, fast radio bursts
- Gravitational waves
- Stellar evolution, magnetars

Marjorie Decleir

(STScI)

 - Interstellar dust in Milky Way and nearby galaxies
- Dust extinction in the Milky Way
- Dust depletion, abundances, attenuation in nearby galaxies

Camille Diez

(ESAC)

 - High-energy astrophysics
- X-ray binaries
- Neutron stars
- Stellar winds
- Accretion

Thibaud Moutard

(ESAC)

 - Galaxy Evolution
- Galaxy Star Formation / Quenching
- Cosmic Large-Scale Structures
- Large-Scale / Ultra-Deep Multi-Wavelength Surveys

David O'Ryan

(ESAC)

 - Galaxy Evolution
- Galaxy Morphology
- Galaxy Clusters
- Machine Learning

Samuel Pearson

(ESTEC)

 - Star formation
- Planet formation
- Brown dwarf formation
- JWST/near-infrared

Erwan Quintin

(ESAC)

 - X-ray astronomy
- Transient astronomy
- Extreme accretion phenomena
- Data analysis

Isabel Rebollido Vázquez

(ESAC)

 - Exoplanetary systems
- Exo minor bodies (comets, asteroids, moons)
- Astrobiology
- Circumstellar environmental effects on life

Alicia Rouco Escorial

(ESAC)

 - High-energy astrophysics
- X-ray binaries
- Gamma-ray bursts
- Highly magnetized neutron stars
- Multi-wavelength astronomy
- Gravitational waves

Matilde Signorini

(ESTEC)

 - Active Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes
- Cosmology, Universe expansion history
- Reverberation Mapping
- AGN X-ray Corona properties

Matthew Standing

(ESAC)

 - Exoplanet research
- Circumbinary planets
- Radial velocity and transit observations
- Data analysis and Bayesian statistics

Bert Vander Meulen

(ESTEC)

 - (obscured) AGNs
- X-ray radiative transfer
- modelling X-ray spectra

Sascha Zeegers

(ESTEC)

 - Interstellar medium
- Interstellar dust
- X-ray and Infrared spectroscopy
- X-ray binaries

 

 

Planetary science

 

Guillaume Cruz-Mermy

(ESAC)

 - Planetary sciences, icy moons
- Surface ices, geomorphology
- Spectroscopy
- Radiative transfer

Willi Exner

(ESTEC)

 - Magnetospheres of small bodies
- Exosphere interaction with surface and magnetosphere
- Extreme solar winds on magnetospheres

Elena Favaro

(ESTEC)

 - Mars geology/gemorphology
- ExoMars Mission
- Rosalind Franklin Rover

Rozenn Robidel

(ESAC)

 - Exosphere
- Spectroscopy
- Icy moons
- Mercury

 

 

Solar & Terrestrial Science

 

Henrik Eklund

(ESTEC)

 - Solar Physics
- Interferometry
- Machine learning

Jack Jenkins

(ESAC)

 - Solar Physics
- Prominences, Filaments
- Radiative Transfer, Plasma 

Chris Nelson

(ESTEC)

 - Solar atmosphere
- UV bursts
- Magnetohydrodynamic waves

Laura Rodríguez García

(ESAC)

 - Distribution of solar energetic particles in heliosphere
- Space Weather
- coronal mass ejections (CMEs)

Andy To

(ESTEC)

 - Solar Physics
- Spectroscopy
- Coronal Composition

Domenico Trotta

(ESAC)

 - Heliosphere
- solar wind, CMEs, plasma turbulence
- Astrophysical shocks, planetary bow shocks

 

 

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