Particle Environment Package (PEP)

Team

The PEP international team consists of 16 institutions in 10 European countries, the US and Japan, plus NASA and CNES. There are about 75 team members including the the PI, Co-PI, and 35 Co-Is,. 8 groups are leading the hardware contributions with delivery to the PEP consortium, lead by IRF/Sweden and UBe/Switzerland.

Meet the the PEP / NIM core team members of Univerisity of Bern (UBe), who have worked for the project during the

  • Hardware phase 2013 - 2021
  • Launch 2023
  • Cruise 2023 - 2030
  • Science phase 2030 - 2033

Group Leader

Project Manager

 Davide Lasi
Name / Titel
Davide Lasi
Funktion
Until May 2020. Current activty: Industry

Science Team

 Martina Föhn
Name / Titel
Martina Föhn
Funktion
Until 2022. Current activity: Swiss Industry
 Stefan Meyer
Name / Titel
Stefan Meyer
Funktion
Until 2018. Current activity: Swiss Industry

Quality Assurance

Operations Planning

Engineering Teams through hardware phase 2013 - 2021

Mechanical Engineering Team

 Stefan Brüngger
Name / Titel
Stefan Brüngger
Funktion
Until January 2021. Current activity: Swiss Industry
 Giordano Bruno
Name / Titel
Giordano Bruno
Funktion
Until 2019. Current activity: Swiss Industry
 Michael Gerber
Name / Titel
Michael Gerber
Funktion
Until May 2021. Current activity: Swiss Industry

Electronic Engineering Team

 Philipp Fahrer
Name / Titel
Philipp Fahrer
Funktion
Until 2022. Current activity: Swiss Industry
 Jürg Jost
Name / Titel
Jürg Jost
Funktion
Until 2017. Current activity: Swiss Industry

Software Engineering Team

 Hans Peter Munz
Name / Titel
Hans Peter Munz
Funktion
Until April 2021. Current activity: Swiss Industry
 Mario Gruber
Name / Titel
Mario Gruber
Funktion
Until 2018. Current activity: Swiss Industry
 Pascale Gubler
Name / Titel
Pascale Gubler
Funktion
Until 2018. Current activity: Swiss Industry
 Andreas Nentwig
Name / Titel
Andreas Nentwig
Funktion
Until 2020. Current activity: Swiss Industry

Project Secretary

The PEP NIM Team is greatly supported by many other members of the Space Science and Planetology team:
 Name Function
 Adrian Etter  Labratory
 Rico Fausch  Science
 Thomas Gerber  Electronic Engineering
Joel Gonseth  Technician
 Sacha Häusler  Technician
 Roland Nussbaum  Technician
 Harry Mischler  Technician
 Alexander Schläfli  Technician
 Anna Munz  Electronic Engineering
 Alain Péteut Electronic Engineering 
 Claudio Zimmermann  Electronic Engineering
PEP NIM TeamA reason for a small celebration: the successful completion of the NIM device in August 2020. Back row from left to right: Alexander Schläfli, Stefan Meier, Sacha Häusler, Stefan Brüngger, Matthias Lüthi, Philipp Fahrer, Andreas Riedo, Michael Althaus, Martin Rieder, Mario Gruber, Martin Diego Busch, Hans Peter Munz, Harry Mischler, Severin Oeschger. Front row from left to right:Michael Gerber,  André Galli, Martina Föhn, Daniele Piazza, Susanne Wüthrich, Peter Wurz, Davide Lasi, Anna Munz, Viviane Tanner,Thierry de Roche

A reason for a small celebration: the successful completion of the NIM instrument in August 2020.

Back row from left to right:
Alexander Schläfli, Stefan Meier, Sacha Häusler, Stefan Brüngger, Matthias Lüthi, Philipp Fahrer, Andreas Riedo, Michael Althaus, Martin Rieder, Mario Gruber, Martin Diego Busch, Hans Peter Munz, Harry Mischler, Severin Oeschger.

Front row from left to right:
Michael Gerber,  André Galli, Martina Föhn, Daniele Piazza, Susanne Wüthrich, Peter Wurz, Davide Lasi, Anna Munz, Viviane Tanner,Thierry de Roche