Role Expertise Name Institution
Principal Investigator Radio-Science Sébastien Le Maistre ROB, Belgium
Deputy PI Planetary science Véronique Dehant ROB, Belgium
Project Manager Telecom Engineering Ertan Ümit ROB, Belgium
Operation Manager Radio Engineering Bertrand Steenput ROB, Belgium
Co-Investigator Planet's interior and rotation Tim Van Hoolst ROB, Belgium
Co-Investigator Planetary science Marie Yseboodt ROB, Belgium
Co-Investigator Planet's interior Attilio Rivoldini ROB, Belgium
Co-Investigator Planet's atmosphere Ozgur Karatekin ROB, Belgium
Co-Investigator Planet's rotation Rose-Marie Baland ROB, Belgium
Co-Investigator Radio-Science William Folkner JPL, USA
Co-Investigator Radio-science Ryan Park JPL, USA
Co-Investigator Radio-science Alex Konopliv JPL, USA
Co-Investigator DSN & radio tracking Sami Asmar JPL, USA
Co-Investigator Radio Science Jean-Pierre Barriot UPF, France
Co-Investigator Orbit determination Jean-Charles Marty Obs. MP, CNES, France
Co-Investigator VLBI Expert Leonid I. Gurvits JIVE and TU Delft, The Netherlands
Co-Investigator Meteorology, Geography and Geoinformatics Alexander Kosov IKI (RAS), Russia
Co-Investigator Radio-Science Paolo Tortora Universita di Bologna, Italy
Co-Investigator Radio-Science Marco Zannoni Universita di Bologna, Italy
Science team member Earth ionosphere Nicolas Bergeot ROB, Belgium
Science team member Planet crust and lithosphere Mikael Beuthe ROB, Belgium
Science team member PhD student Marie-Julie Péters ROB, Belgium
Science team member PhD student Bart Van Hove ROB, Belgium
Science team member PhD student Luca Ruiz Lozano ROB, Belgium
Science team member PhD student Aflonso Caldiero UCL, Belgium
Science team member PhD student Valerio Felice UCL, Belgium
Science team member PostDoc Orkun Temel KU Leuven, Belgium
AWS project manager Management Jean-François Boone AS, Belgium
Managing director Management Koen Puimege AS, Belgium
Antenna project manager Management Bart Desoete AS, Belgium
Lead System Engineer RF & Microwave System Lieven Thomassen AS, Belgium
Instrument team member System Engineering Donald Heyman AS, Belgium
QA, PA & Safety Manager Product Assurance Dave Bail AS, Belgium
Contracts Officer Quality and Supply chain Johan Vermeulen AS, Belgium
Financial Controller Management Guy Van Dijk AS, Belgium
Thermal Engineer Thermal Engineering Mattias Genbrugge AS, Belgium
EGSE Engineer EGSE Engineering Gerard Hermans AS, Belgium
Head of Business Development Management Vincent Bath AS, Belgium
Flight AIT Engineer Electrics/Electronics Roland Van Ackere AS, Belgium
Antenna Design Expert Electromagnetics and Antenna Technology Christophe Craeye UCL, Belgium
Antenna designer Antenna Technology Khaldoun Alkhalifeh UCL, Belgium
PRIDE Collaborators VLBI Expert Tatiana M. Bocanegra Bahamon JIVE, The Netherlands and JPL, USA
PRIDE Collaborators VLBI Expert Giuseppe Cimo JIVE, The Netherlands
PRIDE Collaborators VLBI Expert Dominic Dirkx TU Delft, The Netherlands
PRIDE Collaborators VLBI Expert Dmitry A. Duev Caltech, USA
PRIDE Collaborators VLBI Expert Guifre Molera Calves University of Tasmania, Australia
PRIDE Collaborators VLBI Expert L.L.A. "Bert" Vermeersen TU Delft, The Netherlands
Antenna Design Telecom Engineering Sumit Karki UCL, Belgium
Head of PRODEX office Management Michel Lazerges ESA (ESTEC) The Netherlands
Deputy Head of PRODEX Office System Engineering Marline Claessens ESA (ESTEC) The Netherlands
Technical Officer Microwave Electronics Vaclav Valenta ESA (ESTEC) The Netherlands
Technical support Antenna Engineering Marco Sabbadini ESA (ESTEC) The Netherlands
Technical support TT&C Engineer Alberto Busso ESA (ESTEC) The Netherlands
Technical support Mechanical, Thermal Engineering (until 2018) Hans Brabants EESA (ESTEC) The Netherlands
Technical support Ground Stations RF Daniel Firre ESA (ESOC) Germany
Financial support Management Werner Verschueren BELSPO, Belgium
Financial support Management Tom Verbeke BELSPO, Belgium
  • ROB = Royal Observatory of Belgium
  • JPL = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • UPF = Université de la Polynésie Française
  • Obs. MP = Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
  • JIVE = Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium)
  • IKI RAS = Space Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences
  • AS = Antwerp Space
  • ESA = European Space Agency
  • UCL = Université Catholique de Louvain
  • PRODEX = PROgramme for the Development of scientific Experiments
  • BELSPO = Belgian Science Policy