Life Sciences Working Group (LSWG)

The LSWG is a group of external scientists of that advises ESA on life sciences activities

Current LSWG membership:

  • Prof. dr. Rodrigo Fernandez Gonzalo [Chair], Karolinska Institute Stockholm, SE – Integrative physiology
  • Prof. dr. Karen Olsson-Francis, Open University, UK – Astrobiology
  • Prof. dr. Lonnie Grove Petersen, MIT, USA – Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Dr. Adrienne Kish, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, FR – Microbiology/Extremophiles
  • Dr. Raúl Herranz, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, ES – Plant Biology and Omics
  • Prof. dr. Isabelle Mack, Universität Tubingen, DE – Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Dr. Judith-Irina Buchheim, LMU Klinikum, DE – Immunology
  • Dr. Colleen Deane, University of Southampton, UK – Neuromuscular system
  • Dr. Silvana Miranda, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, DE – Radiobiology
  • Dr. Pedro Marques-Quinteiro, Lusofóna University, PT – Psychology