Dr. Stephan Ulamec is a highly skilled and experienced professional with over 20 years of expertise in the development and operations of space systems and instruments. For three decades, he has been associated with the German Aerospace Center, DLR, in Cologne. Dr. Ulamec is well-known for his contributions to the system engineering and project management of the Rosetta Lander, Philae. Currently, he is engaged as payload manager of MASCOT for the JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission and is also part of the science management board for the ESA HERA Mission. He is involved in various studies for in-situ packages for space research. He has contributed to the definition and performance of tests for various mechanisms and surface packages to be operated on planetary surfaces.

Dr. Ulamec’s outstanding achievements in the field of space exploration have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Juri Gagarin Medal of the Russian Cosmonautics Federation, the Sir Arthur Clark Award, and the International Academy of Astronautics, the IAA Team Award. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has also named the asteroid (11818) Ulamec after him, further solidifying his contributions to space research.