PLATO People
Stephanie Werner
Role: Member of the PLATO Board; PSM Member work in progress
Petr Kabath
Role: Member of the PLATO Board; PSM Member work in progress
Christian Magliano
Role: TOU Performance & Test Engineer; PSM Member Christian Magliano is a Ph.D. student at the Physics Department of the…
Alessandro Lanzafame
Role: PSM Member Alessandro Lanzafame is Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Catania. He received his…
Claudio Arena
Role: Camera System MAIV engineer Claudio Arena graduated from UCL in 2016 with a degree in Astrophysics. He then completed a…
Marina Vela Nunez
Role: ICU assembly, integration and test verification (AIT/AIV) engineer Marina Vela Nunez is a Researcher at National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF),…
Eleonora Alei
Role: PSM Member I am currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Padua (Italy) with a fellowship at INAF…
Luca Fossati
Role: PSM Member Dr. Luca Fossati (Msc Physics, 2004; PhD in Astrophysics, 2009) is the leader of the exoplanet research group…
Luca Malavolta
Role: Leader of the PSM WPs 131 250 and 131 320 I obtained the Master degree in Astronomy in 2009 and the…
Jesus Maldonado
Role: Contributor of the PSM WPs 131.220 and 123.000 Academic formation: Degree in Physics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, June 2005 PhD…
Sara Bonito
Role: Contributor of the PSM WP 160 Rosaria (Sara) Bonito obtained her PhD in Physics in 2008 at the University…
Mario Giuseppe Guarcello
Role: Collaborator of the WPs 13 and 16 I graduated at the University of Palermo in 2006 and obtained my…
Gaetano Scandariato
Role: PMC Member Gaetano Scandariato graduated at the Catania University in 2008 and completed his PhD in Physics at the…
Loredana Prisinzano
Role: Coordinator of the PSM WP 131 220 “M-Dwarfs” Loredana Prisinzano graduated at the Padua University in 2000 and completed…
Maria Pia Di Mauro
Role: PSM Member Maria Pia Di Mauro is a Researcher Astronomer in Rome at IAPS/INAF, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, with main…
Serena Benatti
Role: Leader of Work Package 131 260 “Identification of known and candidate planets in the PLATO fields” I obtained my PhD…
Vardan Adibekyan
Role: Coordinator of the PSM WP 132400 (Scientific Validation of PIC) and member of the PSM WP 122300 (Fundamental Stellar…
Susana Barros
Role: Leader of two PDC WPs Susana Barros graduated in Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal in 2003 with…
Tiago Campante
Role: Leader of one PDC WP Tiago Campante qualified with a BSc in Physics/Applied Mathematics from the University of Porto (Portugal) in…
Pierre Maxted
Role: PSM member Dr. Pierre Maxted earned a B.Sc. in Mathematical Physics (I Hons) from the University of Sussex in 1991….
Enrico Corsaro
Role: PSM member I obtained my PhD in Physics in 2013 at the University of Catania (Italy), with a thesis…
Manfred Steller
Role: RDCU Project Manager Work in progress
Franz Kerschbaum
Role: lead of Vienna team for ICU, WP Data Compression Work in progress
Mario Damasso
Role: PSM member I have got the PhD in Astronomy at the University of Padova and presently I am a…
Giuseppina Micela
Role: PSM member Giuseppina Micela became PhD in physics in 1991 at the University of Palermo. In 1985 she received a…
Paolo Ventura
Role: Coordinator of the PSM WP 127100 “Stellar models of evolved stars” Paolo Ventura has a considerable experience in the…
Roberto Silvotti
Role: Coordinator of the PSM WP 112400 “Other detection methods” Roberto Silvotti graduated at the Bologna University with 110/110 “Summa…
Gisbert Peter
Gisbert Peter, DLR, Germany Role: DPS Project Manager Organization German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Optical Sensor Systems Current Position…





























