The consortium


The consortium consists of 161 scientists and engineers from 67 institutes in 13 European countries. Below we list the members who actively and regularly contribute to the study.

  • Jean-Claude Bouret, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
  • Thierry Appourchaux, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France
  • Martin Barstow, University of Leicester, UK
  • Frédéric Baudin, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France
  • Pernelle Bernardi, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
  • Michel Berthé, CEA Saclay, France
  • Christophe Cara, CEA Saclay, France
  • Stéphane Charlot, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France
  • Jean-Yves Chaufray, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, France
  • Chris Evans, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh, UK
  • Marc Ferrari, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
  • Luca Fossati, Space Research Institute, Austria
  • Boris Gaensicke, University of Warwick, UK
  • Ana Ines Gomez de Castro, Universidad Computense de Madrid, Spain
  • Cécile Gry, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
  • Serge Habraken, University of Liège, Belgium
  • Olivier La Marle, CNES Paris, France
  • Jon Lapington, University of Leicester, UK
  • Maelle Le Gal, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
  • Simona Lombardo, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
  • Louise Lopes, CNES Toulouse, France
  • Arturo Lopez Ariste, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie de Toulouse, France
  • Pablo Marcos Arenal, Universidad Computense de Madrid, Spain
  • Frédéric Marin, Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France
  • David Montgomery, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh, UK
  • Eduard Muslimov, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
  • Coralie Neiner, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
  • Pasquier Noterdaeme, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France
  • Hana Ouslimani,Thales Alenia Space, Cannes, France
  • Martin Pertenais, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
  • Philippe Plasson, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
  • Hadi Rahmani, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
  • Jean-Michel Reess, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
  • Pierre Royer, Institue of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • Udo Schuehle, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
  • Steve Shore, University of Pisa, Italy
  • William Sparks, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA
  • Manfred Steller, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
  • Luca Teriaca, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
    The main institutes who participated to the interim report submitted in February 2019 are:
  • Armagh Observatory (Northern Ireland)
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria)
  • CEA (France)
  • Center for Astrobiology (Spain)
  • Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
  • CNES (France)
  • CSL (Belgium)
  • DESY (Germany)
  • Exeter University (UK)
  • Geneva University (Switzerland)
  • GEPI (France)
  • IAP (France)
  • IMPS (Germany)
  • IPAG (France)
  • IRAP (France)
  • LAM (France)
  • LATMOS (France)
  • LESIA (France)
  • MPS (Germany)
  • Royal Observatory Edinburgh (UK)
  • Space Research Institute (Austria)
  • Stockholm University (Sweden)
  • Strasbourg Observatory (France)
  • Trinity College (Ireland)
  • TU Delft (The Netherlands)
  • UK Astronomy Technology Center (UK)
  • University of Edinburgh (UK)
  • University of Hamburg (Germany)
  • University of Leicester (UK)
  • Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)
  • University of Liège (Belgium)
  • University of Pisa (Italy)
  • University of Warwick (UK)