He is a specialist of the physical properties and the collisional and dynamical evolution of asteroids as well as the author or co-author of more than 90 publications in international peer-review journals, including the cover of both Nature and Science. He serves as Co-Investigator of the two asteroid sample return missions, NASA’s New Frontiers OSIRIS-Rex and JAXA’s Hayabusa2, and as Principal Investigator of the Hera Mission project during its study at ESA.
UNIVERSEH together with Asteroid Day supports the organisation of the conference.
