Biography

I have spent much of the past 40 years working on topics connected to space-borne remote-sensing of solar system objects such as Mars, Mercury, comets, asteroids and the Galilean moons of Jupiter. I took an MSc. in experimental space physics from the University of Leicester, followed by a PhD at the University of York on topics related to the Galilean moon, Io. I then worked on the Giotto mission to comet Halley at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie in Germany and on other missions while working at ESTEC for the European Space Agency. After returning to Max-Planck in 1992 to work on Rosetta, I left to take a full professorship at Uni Bern.

Research and Interests

Main Focus

Most of my work has involved working at optical wavelengths (visible cameras) and near-IR active systems (such as laser altimeters) for interplanetary missions. I am currently working with my close colleague Antoine Pommerol to develop a new imaging system for Mars and also with students looking at new techniques in the terahertz frequency range.

Publications

Please find the full publication list of Professor Nicolas Thomas on Boris. I have over 400 refereed publications.