Speaker
Description
Dr. Milan MAKSIMOVITCH (Director of Research at PSL-LESIA/CNRS)
The LESIA (Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics) is one of the 5 Scientific Departments of the Paris Observatory and also a CNRS Laboratory (mixed Research Unit of CNRS).
LESIA is associated with: Observatoire de Paris-PSL (home institution) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Sorbonne University and Université Paris Cité.It is one of the largest French Labs of research in Astrophysics.
LESIA’s primary role:
- The design and implementation of scientific instrumentation in space and on the ground;
- Analysis and interpretation of scientific observations made by use of the produced instruments;
- Development of advanced techniques applied in ground-based instruments and in space instruments.
Milan Maskimovitch's current Experience in Space Instrumentation
- 03/2007-currently : PI of the Radio & Plasma Waves instrument on ESA’s Solar Orbiter, Co-I on the EPD, SWA and MAG instruments on this mission
- 09/2010-currently : Lead CoI for the FIELDS instrument on Parker Solar Probe
- 10/2006-currently : co-PI of the SWAVES instrument on STEREO
