Tra-Mi Ho

Tra-Mi Ho received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 2004. Her research interests are the development of satellite and landing systems, solar system science and exploration She is project manager of the asteroid nano-lander MASCOT currently aboard the JAXA probe Hayabusa2 to (162173) Ryugu and related follow-on studies such as MASCOT2 on ESA's AIM orbiter in the joint NASA-ESA AIDA mission and the Jupiter Trojan micro-lander aboard JAXA's planned Solar Power Sail mission. She is head of department of the System Engineering and Project Office at the DLR Institute of Space Systems in Bremen, Germany.