Hermann J. Opgenoorth

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Hermann J. Opgenoorth, Department of Physics, Umea University, 90187 Umea, SE-Sweden Personal Data: born 30. 12. 1951, in Bottrop, Westfalen, Germany German (native) and Swedish (acquired) citizenship Resident in Sweden since 1981 Education: o University of Muenster 1972-1978 Dipl. Phys. o University of Uppsala 1981-1983 Phil. Doctor o University of Uppsala 1983-1990 Docent o By decree of the Swedish Government 1994 - Full Professorship in Space Physics o Ph.D. Thesis (1983): Three-Dimensional Current Systems Associated with Active Aurora Professional Experience: o Research Assistantship, University of Muenster, Inst. for Geophysics, 1978 (Analysis of IMS-magnetometer data) o Research Scholarship at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, granted by the Finnish Ministry of Education and the German DAAD 1978 - 1981 o Research Assistantship, Uppsala Ionospheric Obs Uppsala, Sweden, 1981 - 1983 o Senior Research Scientist, Uppsala Ionosph. Obs., Sweden, 1984 - 1985 o Special Scientist for EISCAT-Associated Plasma and Geo- Cosmophysics IRF, Uppsala Division, July 1985 - June 1991 o Research Director (“Forskningschef”) for EISCAT-Associated Space Physics, IRF, Uppsala Division, April 1991 - August 1994. o Professor in Space Physics, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, since August 1994 o Head of Research Programme for Solar Terrestrial Physics at IRF, 1998 to 2003 o Senior Advisor/Contractor, Coordination of Solar and Solar Terrestrial Missions, ESA Science Directorate, ESA HQ, Paris, Febr. 2002 - March 2003 o Head of Division for Solar and Solar Terrestrial Missions, Sci-SH, RSSD, ESA Science Programme, 2003 - 2005 o Head of Division for Solar System Missions, SRE-SM, RSSD, 2006 – J2009 o Return to Professorship and full time research at IRF-U, June 2010 – Dec 2018 o Discipline Scientist for Sun-Planet interaction (at 20 %), ISSI, Bern, 2010 – 2013 o Professor Emeritus, Physics Department, University of Ume , Ume , Sweden, 2019- National and International Tasks and Honours (selection): o Chairman EISCAT Scientific Advisory Committee, 1991 - 1993 o Chairman Working Group for EISCAT Viking Coordination, 1984 - 1990 o Chairman ESA Working Group for Cluster Ground-Based Coordination, 1991 - 2002 o Vice-Chairman EISCAT Council, 1996-1998 o Chairman EISCAT Council 1999 to 2000 o Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, since 1997 (At the time the youngest Foreign Academy Member ever elected) o Member, International Academy of Astronautics, IAA, since 2002 o Chairman of the Committee for the Future(s) of EISCAT, 2000 - 2002 o Member ESA Solar System Working Group, SSWG, 2000 - 2002 o Member ESA Mars-Express Peer Review Committee, 1998 - 1999 o Member ESA Venus-Express Science Definition Team, Peer Scientist, 2001 - 2002 o Founding Chair of the International Living With a Star (ILWS) Program 2002-2004, later: ESA representative in the ILWS Steering Committee, 2004 to 2009, later: Advisor to the Chair of the ILWS-SC Prof Wu Ji, NSSC, China, 2010 - 2013 o Convener, Mars Upper Atmosphere Network, MUAN, 2010 - present o Chair, EUROPLANET User and Associate Advisory Board, UAAB, 2010 – 2014 o Honorary Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society (HFRAS), since 2012 o Member, COSPAR ILWS Space Weather Roadmap Team, 2013 - 2015 o Member, Expert Group on Space Weather, United Nations, Committee On Peaceful Use of Outer Space, COPUOS, 2015 - present o Chair of ESSC Panel for Solar System Science and Exploration, SSEP, 2015-2021 o Chair ESSC/ESF Europ. Space Weather Assessment & Consolidation Comm, 2017 - o Member, Advisory Board, Birkeland Center of Excellence Bergen University, 2017- o Honorary Professor; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Leicester UK o Vice-Chair COSPAR Panel on Space Weather, 2017 - present o Curiosity Mars Rover Medal for remarkable contributions to the Exploration of Mars, NASA, Dr. J. Green, NASA Chief Scientist, October 2018 o European Space Weather Week, Baron Marcel Nicolet Medal for Space Weather, for efforts coordinating the European Space Weather Community, November 2018 o Co-Convener of the COSPAR International Space Weather Action Teams (ISWAT) Initiative, Moderator for REsearch Cluster Geomagnetic environment (https://www.iswat-cospar.org)