Organisation

Our departments

Planetary systems and Earth Observation

Head: Daniele Viganò

Star formation, Stellar and High-energy Astrophysics

Head: Daniela Hadasch

Nuclear, Gravitational Wave and Multi-messenger Astrophysics

Head: Carlos Sopuerta

Extragalactic Astrophysics and Cosmology

Head: Lluís Galbany

Management

Besides our five scientific units, three formal bodies structure the center: the Director’s Office, the Board, and the Strategy Committee. The Director's Office is chaired by the ICE-CSIC Director, and composed by the Deputy Directors and the Manager of the Institute. The Assistant to the Director supports the functioning of this office. We also have several other committees aimed to coordinate different aspects of the institute.

Our Director

Aldo Serenelli

International Advisory Committee

Karsten Danzmann - Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Hannover, Director
Expert on Gravitational Waves physics, is Director of the Division of Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Manuel Martín-Neira - Earth Observation, ESA Senior Staff Scientist
Expert on Earth observations, has been SMOS Principal Engineer, member of the Academie des Technologies of France

Luigi Stella, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy, Full Professor
Expert on high energy astrophysics. Editor of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. OMRI Commander (Italy) and Full Astronomer / Professor at INAF

Giuseppina Micela - Director, Osservatorio di Palermo
Expert on Planets and Exoplanets, clusters and star formation. She has been also a member of several steering committees in X-ray space missions

Michael F. Bode - Astrophysics Research Institute, John Moores University, Former Director
Expert on Novae and Supernovae and robotic observatories. Professor of Astrophysics. Has been leader in ASTRONET (the European Roadmap for Astronomy)

Francis Bernardeau - Former Director of the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
Expert on Cosmology. Deputy lead of Euclid

Marcella Marconi - INAF - Osservatorio Astromico di Capodimonte, Italy, Full Professor
Expert on Stellar Physics and Stellar Populations in the Milky Way. Former Director of the Osservatorio Astromico di Capodimonte

Gillian Wright - Director UK Astronomy Technology Centre & Head of Site Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Expert on Extragalactic Astrophysics, Infrared instrumentation. European PI of JWST Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIR). CBE for Services to Astronomy, Caroline Herschel Medal.