PLATO People

Conny Aerts

Conny Aerts

Role: Coordinator of “Complementary Science” in the PSM, auxiliary science cases coordination and member of the PSWT Prof. Conny Aerts (Msc…

Giampaolo Piotto

Giampaolo Piotto

Role: Coordinator of the “Targets/Field Characterisation & Selection” PSM team, member of the PSWT Born in 1962, Giampaolo Piotto had…

Don Pollacco

Don Pollacco

Role: PLATO Science Management coordinator, member of the PSWT Currently a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Warwick, previously…

Claude Catala

Claude Catala

Role: PLATO Mission Consortium Lead (2007-2013) Born in 1958, graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique with a Ph.D in astrophysics,Claude Catala,…

Heike Rauer

Heike Rauer

PLATO Role: Principal Investigator   Since 2013, Rauer has been Head of the instrument consortium for PLATO. She has been the…