Finn Ankersen

Finn Ankersen received the M.Sc.EE. degree in automatic control systems and the Ph.D. degree in robust control for spacecraft rendezvous and docking (RVD) from Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, in 1985 and 2011, respectively. He is a Senior Controls and Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Systems Engineer with the European Space Agency. He has had a key role in the development of the ESA's RVD and Formation Flying programs. This has led to five successful automatic RVD missions of the ATV spacecraft to the space station. Further, he has close cooperation with researchers in both academia and industry. Finally, he has good experience in flight operations for GNC systems on RVD missions, latest on the Artemis-1 mission to the moon. His research interest includes the domain of robust control systems for spacecraft control for various missions and with a particular focus on multiple spacecraft missions. Dr. Ankersen is a Senior Member of IFAC and IEEE control systems societies.