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The EnVision Venus orbiter mission, proposed to ESA

Colin Wilson

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Research theme

  • Exoplanets and planetary physics

Sub department

  • Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics

Research groups

  • Planetary atmosphere observation analysis
  • Planetary surfaces
  • Solar system
  • Space instrumentation
Colin.Wilson@physics.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 (2)72086
Atmospheric Physics Clarendon Laboratory, room 301
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Please note that, as of November 2021, I have left Oxford and am now working for the European Space Agency at their ESTEC site in the Netherlands. I am still affiliated with the Dept of Physics as a Visitor.

I study the terrestrial worlds of our solar system: Venus, Mars, and Titan.
- I am now ESA's Project Scientist for two ESA Mars orbiters: ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express.
- I have developed instrumentation for Mars landers for atmospheric science. In a collaboration between Oxford University's Engineering Science and Physics departments, I designed, calibrated and supplied wind sensors for the 2003 Beagle 2 and 2016 ExoMars Schiaparelli Mars landers.
- I have developed mission concepts for future planetary exploration, in particular Venus mission proposals including the EnVision Venus Orbiter.
- I was Science Operations Co-ordinator for ESA's Venus Express satellite.
- I used Venus Express data to study cloud properties, winds and radiative balance on Venus.
- I developed a wind sensor for the Titan Dragonfly mission, together with the Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Lab.
- I have been a member of the teaching faculty of the Department of Physics since 2013; in this capacity I have supervised undergraduate projects and have co-supervised several PhD students.

Research interests

Mars
Venus
Titan
Planetary Exploration

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