Spokespersons
Contact project office
ERIS - European Research Institute for Space Resources c/o Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg Akademiestraße 6, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
Press and public relations
Advisory board
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Prof. Dr.
Pascale Ehrenfreund
Committee on Space Research COSPAR Panel on Exploration PEX Chair; NRC Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science CAPS Member; International Institute of Space Law IISL Member; Universities Space Research Association USRA Board of Trustees, Region III; Vice President of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (Aeronautics, Space, Transport) and Vice Chancellor of the International Space University (ISU).
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Dr. E.h. Dipl.-Ing.
Thomas Reiter
Astronaut (ret.) (former member of the Executive Board of DLR and ESA)
![Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dittus](http://space-resources.de/media/pages/team/fa53c7e5c0-1676296743/portraet-hansjoerg-dittus-184x184-crop-1.jpg)
Prof. Dr.
Hansjörg Dittus
University of Bremen, Space Systems; (former member of the Executive Board DLR)
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Sarah Hillmann
Federation of German Industries (BDI)
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Prof. Dr.
Ralf Jaumann
Freie Universität Berlin (Institute of Geological Sciences Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing)
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Dr.
Thorid Zierold
Associate Director & Curator of Natural Sciences (Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz); Honorary cosmonaut for the promotion of young scientists at the Cosmonaut Center "Sigmund Jähn"/Chemnitz 2019
Further involved scientists
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Prof. Dr.
Marc Avila
Universität Bremen, Zentrum für Angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation
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Dr.-Ing.
Christian Bach
Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
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Prof. Dr.
Martin Bertau
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Technische Chemie
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Elisabeth Clausen
RWTH Aachen, Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies
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Dr.-Ing.
Gisela Detrell
Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Michael Freitag
Universität Bremen, BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c.
Bernd Friedrich
RWTH Aachen, IME Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling Department
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M.Sc.
Devrim Gürsel
RWTH Aachen, Unit of Mineral Processing (AMR)
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Prof. Dr.
Johannes Heitmann
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Applied Physics
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Matthias Kröger
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Machine Elements, Design and Manufacturing
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Holger Lieberwirth
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute for Minerals Processing Machines and Recycling Systems Technology (IART)
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Dr.-Ing.
Stefan Linke
TU Berlin, Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Dr.-Ing.
Christoph Lotz
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Transport- und Automatisierungstechnik, Department “Production in Space”
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Dr.-Ing.
Ksenija Milicevic Neumann
RWTH Aachen, IME Metallurgische Prozesstechnik und Metallrecycling
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Ludger Overmeyer
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Transport- und Automatisierungstechnik
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M.Sc.
Alexandra Radl
RWTH Aachen, Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Philipp Reiss
TU München, Lunar and Planetary Exploration Technologies
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Carsten Schilde
TU Braunschweig, Institut für Partikeltechnik
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Dr.-Ing.
Daniel Schubert
Universität Bremen, Zentrum für Angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation
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Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Ing.
André Seidel
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU)
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Martin Sobczyk
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Engineering Connected Mobile Machines
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M. Sc.
Simon Stapperfend
TU Berlin, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrt
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Dr.
Hartmut Stöcker
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Experimental Physics
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Prof. Dr.
Martin Tajmar
TU Dresden, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
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Dr.
Aditya R. Thakur
TU Braunschweig, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme
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Dr.
Cyprien Verseux
Universität Bremen, ZARM
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Hermann Wotruba
RWTH Aachen, Aufbereitung mineralischer Rohstoffe
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Sebastian Zug
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Informatik
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Jörg Benndorf
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Department of Mine Surveying and Geodesy
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Dr.
Katharina Brinkert
University of Warwick, Department of Chemistry
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Prof. Dr.
Christoph Butscher
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Geotechnics
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Dr.-Ing.
KatjaDombrowski-Daube
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mining and Special Civil Engineering
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J.-Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Sindy Fuhrmann
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Glass Science and Technology
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Prof. Dr.
Gerhard Heide
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Department of Mineralogy
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c.
Stephan Hobe
University of Cologne, Institute of Air Law, Space Law and Cyber Law
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Prof. Dr.
Yvonne Joseph
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute for Electronic and Sensor Materials
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Prof. Dr.
Bernhard Jung
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute for Informatics
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Prof. Dr.
Stefan Kornhuber
University of Applied Sciences
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Prof. Dr.
Edwin Kroke
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Anorganische Chemie
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Lutz Krüger
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Werkstofftechnik
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Arno Kwade
TU Braunschweig, Institute for Particle Technology
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Prof. Dr.
Jan-Michael Lange
Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
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Prof. Dr.-Ing
Björn Lüssem
Universität Bremen, Institut für Mikrosensoren, -aktoren, -systeme
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Prof. Dr.
Dirk C. Meyer
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Zentrum für effiziente Hochtemperatur-Stoffwandlung (ZeHS) und Institut für Experimentelle Physik (IEP)
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Dr.
Peter Michalowski
TU Braunschweig, Institute for Particle Technology
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Prof. Dr.
Thomas Nagel
TU Bergakademie Freiberg Geotechnical Institute
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Prof. Dr.
David Rafaja
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Materials Science
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Uwe Schmidt
University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Dr.-Ing.
Tino Schmiel
TU Dresden, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
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Prof. Dr.
Tino Schuette
University of Applied Science Zittau/Goerlitz (HSZG), Professorship for Energy Economics Water and Waste Management
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Prof. Dr.
Thomas Seifert
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mineralogy Division of Economic Geology and Petrology
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Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Henning Zeidler
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Additive Manufacturing