RoPACS - Rocky Planets Around Cool Stars

The RoPACS Network

The RoPACS network is a European collaboration of high profile researchers associated with academic institutions and the space industry. The structure of the network is outlined below together with descriptions of the individuals that are engaged in the RoPACS project. The RoPACS network can be divided in to 3 groups. These are listed below and can be quickly accessed by using the bookmarks provided.

Academic Nodes
Industrial Partners
Associated partners

Academic Nodes

The RoPACS network consists of the following academic nodes

University of Hertfordshire (UH), Hertfordshire - The coordinating node
Institute of Astronomy (IoA), Cambridge
Institute de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Tenerife
Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestriche Physik (MPE), Munich
Laboratory of Stellar Astronomy and Exoplanets (LAEX-CAB), Madrid
Main Astronomical Observatory (MAO), Kiev

Centre for Astrophysics Research (CAR)

The Centre for Astrophysics Research at the University of Hertfordshire (UH) is the coordinating node of the RoPACS network. RoPACS scientists from UH are:

Dr David Pinfield - RoPACS coordinator, node leader and researcher
Prof. Hugh Jones - researcher
Prof. James Hough - researcher
Dr Philip Lucas - researcher
Dr John Barnes - researcher
Dr Ben Burningham - researcher
Dr Douglas Weights - researcher and web developer
Dr James Collett - outreach concept developer
Brigitta Sipocz - ESR
Joanna Gomes - ESR
James Frith - ESR
Niall Goulding - PhD Researcher

Website: http://star.herts.ac.uk

Institute of Astronomy (IoA)

RoPACS scientists from the IoA in Cambridge are:

Dr Simon Hodgkin - node leader and researcher
Jayne Birkby - PhD researcher
Gabor Kovacs - ESR
Dimitris Mislis - ER

Website: http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk

Institute de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

RoPACS scientists from the IAC in Tenerife are:

Dr Eduardo Martín - node leader and researcher
Dr Victor Béjar - researcher
Dr Nicolas Lodieu - researcher
Dr Enric Pallé - researcher
Dr Florian Rodler - researcher
Dr Bruno Femenia - researcher
Dr Rafael Rebolo - researcher
Dr Hans Deeg - researcher
Dr Juan Antonio Belmonte - researcher
M^a Luisa Valdivielso Casas - PhD researcher
Hannu Parviainen - ESR
Filipe Murgas - ESR

Website: http://www.iac.es

Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestriche Physik (MPE)

RoPACS scientists from the MPE group in Germany are:

Dr Roberto Saglia - node leader and researcher
Prof. Ralf Bender - researcher
Dr Arno Riffeser - researcher
Dr Jan Snigula - researcher
Dr Marco Montalto - researcher
Dr Johannes Koppenhöfer - researcher
Achim Bohnet - software and hardware
Jesus Zendejas - ESR
Michele Cappetta - ESR

Website: http://www.mpe.mpg.de/opinas

Laboratory of Stellar Astronomy and Exoplanets (LAEX-CAB)

RoPACS scientists from the LAEX-CAB group in Madrid are:

Dr David Barrado y Navascués - node leader and researcher
Dr María Rosa Zapatero Osorio - researcher
Dr Maria Morales-Calderón - researcher
Dr Amelia Bayo Aron - researcher
Dr Pablo Riviere - reseacrher
Dr Nuria Huélamo Bautista - researcher
Dr Belén López Martín - researcher
Andres Moya - researcher
Dr Maria-Cruz Gálvez Ortiz - researcher
Enrique Solano Marquez - staff
Patricia Cruz - ESR
Hristo Stoev - ESR
Jorge Lillo Box - PhD student

Website: http://www.laeff.cab.inta-csic.es

Main Astronomical Observatory (MAO)

RoPACS scientists from MAO in Kiev are:

Dr Yakiv Pavlenko - node leader and researcher
Dr Yuri Lyubchik - researcher
Dr Bogdan Kaminsky - researcher
Dr Larisa Yakovina - researcher
Dr Olexij Ivanyuk - researcher
Dr Oleksandr Veles - researcher
Kuznetsov Konstantinovich - ESR

Website: http://www.mao.kiev.ua

Industrial Partners

The RoPACS network is associated with the following industrial partners

EADS Astrium, Stevenage, United Kingdom

EADS Astrium

The RoPACS industrial partner is EADS Astrium (Stevenage), the space engineering company. Astrium has a major interest in ESA's "Cosmic Vision" mission plans (as a potential contractor), and will lead R&D network activities related to these missions. Scientists working for the RoPACS network that belong to Astrium are: