Commissions of Trust

2024-2025        Chair of the Solar System and Exploration Working Group (SSEWG) of ESA
2022-present    Chair of the Expert Team "Moons of the Giant Planets" of ESA
2021-present    Member of the Organizing Committee on Commission F3 Astrobiology of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) 
2021-present    Member of the Solar System and Exploration Working Group (SSEWG) of ESA
2021-present    Review Editor for the journal Frontiersin Astronomy and Space Sciences
2020-2024        Member of the Life and Physical Sciences Panel of the European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC)
2019-present    Sub-Director of the College of Polar and Extreme Environments (POLAR2E)
2019-present    Editorial Board Member of the Astrobiology Journal
2019-2023        Co-Director of the MIT-Portugal Program
2019-2023        Member of the Jessberger Award Committee of the Meteoritical Society
2019-2023        Member of the Leonard Medal Committee of the Meteoritical Society
2019-2023        Expert Member of the Life Sciences Working Group (LSWG) of ESA

2019-2022        Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Astrobiology

2019-2021        Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Portugal-UK Bilateral Research Fund (BRF)

2018-2020        Member of the Research Grants board 15K Physical Sciences, Royal Society, UK

2017-present    Portuguese Representative of the Executive Committee of the European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA)

2015-2021        Member of the Newton International Fellowship Panel, Royal Society, UK

2015-2017        Member of the Phobos Sample Return Science Study Team, European Space Agency (ESA)

2015-2016        Science Officer for Origins and Astrobiology, Planetary and Solar System Sciences Division of the

                         European Geosciences Union (EGU)

2015                 Member of the Lunar Sample Return Science Definition Team (LPSR SDT), ESA

2015-2017        Member of Space Environments Working Group (SEWG), UK Space Agency (UKSA), UK

2014-2018        Member of Working Group 2 of the EU-Framework 7 Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action

                         TD1308 ORIGINS

2014-2015        ESA Topical Team Member Lunar Exploitation of local planetary materials (ELPM)

2014                 Group Chief of Proposal Review panel, Emerging Worlds Program, NASA

2012-2015        Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Astrobiology (IJA)

2012                 Group Chief of Proposal Review panel, NASA Astrobiology Institute Cycle 6 CAN, NASA

2011-2016        ESA Topical Team Member Future Astrobiology Experiments in Earth orbit and beyond


Participation in space missions

2022-present     Community Scientist on the Ariel Science Team

2019-present     Team Member of the Comet Interceptor space mission (ESA)

2018-present     Team Member of the Portuguese Consortium of the ARIEL space mission (ESA)

2018-present     Team Member of the Japanese space mission Hayabusa2 (JAXA)

2015-present     Co-I of the EXOcube space mission. Selected by ESA for the definition phase.

2016-2017         Co-Leader of the Akon Europa Moon penetrator space mission concept.

2016-2017         Member of the core team of the Joint Europa Mission (JEM) space mission concept.

2012-2014         Co-chair of the Astrobiology Working Group of the MarcoPolo-R space mission.

                          The asteroid sample return mission was shortlisted for ESA's Cosmic Vision program (M3).

2010-present     Co-I of the OREOcube space mission. In the implementation phase for installation on the ISS.

2007-2009         Post-Doc responsible for developing detection methods of organic compounds for the Urey instrument,

                          which was then short-listed to fly on the ExoMars mission.