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    Mission Team

    NOTE: In March 2011 ESA announced a new way forward for the L-class candidate missions: EJSM-Laplace, IXO and LISA. ESA and the scientific community are now studying options for European-only missions that offer a significant reduction of the cost of these missions while maintaining their core science objectives. In the context of this reformulation exercise EJSM-Laplace has become the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE).

    For more information about the JUICE mission please follow the link in the left-hand menu.

    EJSM Science Leadership

    Michele Dougherty
    European Lead Scientist, co-chair of the Joint Science Definition Team
    Imperial College United Kingdom
    Ron Greeley
    US co-chair of the Joint Science Definition Team
    Arizona State University USA
    Jean-Pierre Lebreton
    Study Scientist - 3.02.2011
    ESA/ESTEC ESA
    Dima Titov
    Study Scientist 3.02.2011 -
    ESA/ESTEC ESA
    Robert T. Pappalardo
    US Study Scientist
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Athena Coustenis
    European Deputy Lead Scientist
    Paris-Meudon Observatory France
    Olivier Grasset
    JGO Lead Scientist
    University of Nantes France
    Emma Bunce
    JGO Deputy Lead Scientist
    University of Leicester United Kingdom
    Dave Senske
    US Deputy Study Scientist
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Louise Prockter
    US Deputy Study scientist
    Johns Hopkins University APL USA

    Joint Science Definition Team

    Ariel Anbar Arizona State University USA
    Bruce Bills Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Michel Blanc Ecole Polytechnique France
    Diana Blaney Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Don Blankenship University of Texas USA
    Andrew Coates University College London United Kingdom
    Angioletta Coradini Institute for Interplanetary Space Physics Italy
    Phil Christensen Arizona State University USA
    Brad Dalton Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Jody Deming University of Washington USA
    Pierre Drossart LESIA/Observatory of Paris France
    Leigh Fletcher Oxford University United Kingdom
    Masaki Fujimoto ISAS/JAXA Japan
    Rick Greenberg University of Arizona USA
    Kevin Hand Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Amanda Hendrix Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Hauke Hussmann German Center for Aerospace (DLR) Germany
    Ralf Jaumann German Center for Aerospace (DLR) Germany
    Torrence Johnson Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Yasumasa Kasaba Tohoku University Japan
    Krishan Khurana University of California Los Angeles USA
    Norbert Krupp MPI for Solar System Research Germany
    Ralph Lorenz Johns Hopkins University&.APL USA
    Essam Marouf San Jose State University USA
    Tom McCord Bear Fight Institute USA
    Melissa McGrath Marshall Space Flight Center USA
    William Moore NIA—Hampton University USA
    Jeff Moore Ames Research Center USA
    Francis Nimmo University of California Santa Cruz USA
    Chris Paranicas Johns Hopkins University—APL USA
    Olga Prieto-Ballesteros Center of Astrobiology—INTA-CSIC Spain
    Sho Sasaki National Observatory of Japan Japan
    Gerald Schubert University of California Los Angeles USA
    Mark Showalter SETI Institute USA
    Adam Showman University of Arizona USA
    Amy Simon-Miller Goddard Spaceflight Center USA
    Mitch Sogin Marine Biological Laboratory USA
    Christophe Sotin Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    John Spencer Southwest Research Institute USA
    Yukihiro Takahashi Tohoku University Japan
    Takeshi Takashima ISAS /JAXA Japan
    Paolo Tortora University of Bologna Italy
    Federico Tosi Institute for Interplanetary Space Physics Italy
    Elizabeth Turtle Johns Hopkins University—API USA
    Tim Van Hoolst Royal Observatory of Belgium Belgium
    Steve Vance Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA
    Hunter Waite Southwest Research Institute USA

    ESA Study Team

    Christian Erd  ESA Study Manager ESA/ ESTEC ESA
    Arno Wielders  ESA JGO Payload Study Manager ESA/ ESTEC ESA


    Last Update: 02 Apr 2012

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