Team
Rooted in Switzerland the LIFE team has been expanding to a global scale
LIFE brings together scientists, engineers and mission specialists across institutions. Together, they are shaping the mission’s science and architecture, and advancing the technologies needed to study temperate worlds beyond our Solar System. Their shared work is building the foundations for a new observatory—and for Europe to play a leading role in the search for life beyond Earth.
Program OFfice
Sascha P. Quanz
Executive Director & Principal Investigator
Adrian Glauser
Technical Director
Lee Feinberg
Mission Architect
Christina Agyemang
Head of marketing
Felix Dannert
Lead Instrument Scientist
Maximilian Kirchhoff
Head of Spaceflight Program
Judy Lai-Norling
Head of Operations
Lia Sartori
Science coordinator
Science and Instrument Science Team
Eleonora Alei
Marrick Braam
Andrea Fortier
Jens Kammerer
Philipp A. Huber
Romain Laugier
Technology Team
Mike Ireland
Technology Team Lead
Ida Sigusch
Antonin Besse
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