Coustenis Athena (PhD)
Position: Researcher
PhD: 1989, Astrophysics, Paris Diderot University - Paris VII, France
Supervisor(s): Daniel Gautier
Biography:
Astrophysicist, Director of Reasearch with the French National Research Center (CNRS), working at the Laboratoire d’Etudes Spatiales et d’Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA) of the Paris-Meudon Observatory, France (since 1991). She was born in Athens, Greece. She obtained the B.Sc. in Physics & English Literature from the Paris 6 and theParis 3 (Sorbonne) Universities (1985 & 1986). She received a Master’s degree in Astrophysics and English Literature from the the Paris 7 (1986) and the Paris 3 (Sorbonne) (1987) Universities. She obtained her Ph.D. in Astrophysics and Space Techniques from the Paris 7 University (1989) and the Habilitation DR (Diploma for Directing Research) in Astrophysics and Space Techniques from the Paris 7 University (1996). Her scientific interests include Planetology, the giant planets and in particular the Saturnian system. She is also involved in space missions like Cassini- Huygens and the Titan Saturn System Mission. She also works on exoplanets. She obtains and analyses data from artificial satellites, space missions and ground-based telescopes using techniques like spectroscopy, imaging (with adaptive optics), etc. She has published more than 80 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 50 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. She has edited the textbook “Titan: Exploring an Earth-like World” (2008). She is a Life member of Air Academy of Greece, and she had a successful ESA expertise with 3 instruments on board the Cassini-Huygens mission. She is President of the ICPAE. She has been co-awarded the Médaille Icare for Huygens and several NASA and ESA awards. She is a member of the American Astronomical Society (member of the directing committee of the Division of Planetary Sciences), of the Asian-Oceanian Geophysical Society, of the Société Française d’Astronomie, of the American Geophysical Union and she is President of the Planetary Section of the European Geophysical Union.
Astrophysicist, Director of Reasearch with the French National Research Center (CNRS), working at the Laboratoire d’Etudes Spatiales et d’Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA) of the Paris-Meudon Observatory, France (since 1991). She was born in Athens, Greece. She obtained the B.Sc. in Physics & English Literature from the Paris 6 and theParis 3 (Sorbonne) Universities (1985 & 1986). She received a Master’s degree in Astrophysics and English Literature from the the Paris 7 (1986) and the Paris 3 (Sorbonne) (1987) Universities. She obtained her Ph.D. in Astrophysics and Space Techniques from the Paris 7 University (1989) and the Habilitation DR (Diploma for Directing Research) in Astrophysics and Space Techniques from the Paris 7 University (1996). Her scientific interests include Planetology, the giant planets and in particular the Saturnian system. She is also involved in space missions like Cassini- Huygens and the Titan Saturn System Mission. She also works on exoplanets. She obtains and analyses data from artificial satellites, space missions and ground-based telescopes using techniques like spectroscopy, imaging (with adaptive optics), etc. She has published more than 80 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 50 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. She has edited the textbook “Titan: Exploring an Earth-like World” (2008). She is a Life member of Air Academy of Greece, and she had a successful ESA expertise with 3 instruments on board the Cassini-Huygens mission. She is President of the ICPAE. She has been co-awarded the Médaille Icare for Huygens and several NASA and ESA awards. She is a member of the American Astronomical Society (member of the directing committee of the Division of Planetary Sciences), of the Asian-Oceanian Geophysical Society, of the Société Française d’Astronomie, of the American Geophysical Union and she is President of the Planetary Section of the European Geophysical Union.