Astrobiology : future and perspectives, c2004
Information trouvée : Fait partie du Groupe d'astrobiologie de l'Institut de chimie de Leyde, Université
de Leyde, Pays-Bas
Wikipedia, 2022-04-28
Information trouvée : Born in 1960, Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund obtained degrees in Astronomy and Biology
at the University of Vienna. She was appointed as a Fellow of the European Space Agency
(ESA) at the Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, upon completion of her doctoral
studies. Between 2001 and 2005, Pascale Ehrenfreund held a professorship in Astrobiology
at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Leiden, where she remains a Visiting
Professor today. In addition, between 2005 and 2008 she was a Distinguished Visiting
Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, USA. Since three decades she
contributed as Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator and Teamleader to ESA and NASA
astronomy and planetary missions as well as experiments in low Earth orbit and on
the International Space Station. In 2008 Pascale Ehrenfreund obtained a Master of
Arts in Management and Leadership. Since then, she has been Professor of Space Policy
and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington
University. She was the President of the Austrian Science Fund (2013-2015) and the
Chair of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) between 2015-2020.
The asteroid “9826 Ehrenfreund 2114 T-3” bears her name.