PERSONAL INFORMATION Pasquale Palumbo
pasquale.palumbo@inaf.it
pasquale_palumbo_pec@pec.it
Sex Male | Birth date 22/07/1964 | Nationality Italian
PRESENT POSITION Research manager at INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) – IAPS (Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali), Rome
EDUCATION Master degree in Astrophysics; PhD in Aerospace engineering
WORK EXPERIENCE
February 2023 - present Research manager at INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) – IAPS (Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali), Rome
February 2013 - present PI JANUS (Jovis Amorum ac Natorum Undique Scrutator) instrument: multispectral high resolution camera part of the scientific payload of the ESA JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) mission to the Jupiter system
April 2010 - present Co-PI SIMBIO-SYS (Spectrometer and Imaging for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory SYStem) instrument, responsible for the HRIC (High-Resolution Imaging Channel), on ESA BepiColombo mission at Mercury.
April 2018 - present CoI of LICIA Cube (Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids) project in support of the NASA DART (Double Asteroid Redirection System) mission at the binary asteroid (65803) Didydmos
1996 - present Co-I in several research projects for the observation and modelling of cometary objects and other small bodies; observation campaigns at several ground and space observatories (SAAO, ESO, Asiago, TNG, CAHA, NOT, LBT, ISO and Akari)
December 2003 – January 2023 Associate professor at Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Parthenope University, Napoli
Professor in Physics, Space Science and Technology.
Member of PhD board in Aersopace Engineering at Federico II University (2007-2011)
Member of PhD board in Environment, Resources, and Sustainable Development at Parthenope University (2011-2016)
October 2018 – January 2023 PI of UniParthenope unit of the DORA (Deployable Optics for Remote sensing Applications) project with a funding from MIUR of 855 k€
1997 - 2016 Co-I of VIRTIS instrument onboard the ESA-Rosetta mission
1997 – 2016 Technical Manager (Co-I from 2010) of GIADA instrument on-board the ESA-Rosetta mission
2004 – 2011 Principal Investigator DUSTER (Dust in the Upper Stratosphere Tracking Experiment and Retrieval) project – stratospheric balloon missions
2004 – 2010 Technical Manager HRIC – SIMBIO-SYS
2004 - 2006 Technical Manager MEDUSA project (in situ dust studies for the ESA ExoMars mission).
October 1996 - December 2003 Researcher at the Facoltà di Scienze Nautiche, Parthenope University, Napoli
July – October 1996 Guest scientist at Max Planck Society working group (Dust in Star Forming Regions), Jena
EDUCATION
March 1993 – March 1996 PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Federico II University, Napoli
1983 - 1990 Master degree in Physics La Sapienza University, Roma
OTHER INFORMATION
Publications
▪ 125 refereed papers
▪ >200 publications on other journals and conference proceedings
▪ editor of 2 volumes
Panels
Member of ESA panels for the selection of instruments and missions
Member of the Senior Science Advisory Committee (ESA) from 2021 to 2025