Published on December 17, 2020
IAF Member, ESA, appoints Josef Aschbacher as next ESA Director General
Congratulations!
The ESA Council appointed Dr Josef Aschbacher as the next Director General of ESA, for a period of four years. He will succeed Prof. Jan W枚rner, whose term of office ends on 30 June 2021. Dr Aschbacher is currently ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN, ESA鈥檚 centre for Earth Observation near Rome.
Born in Austria, Dr Aschbacher studied at the University of Innsbruck, where he obtained Masters and PhD degrees in Natural Sciences. He has over three decades of experience working in international organisations, including ESA, the European Commission, the Austrian 海角直播 Agency and Asian Institute of Technology.
Read here the full bio of Dr Josef Aschbacher.
