LEOSWEEP Principal Technical Investigator
Affiliation
Space Dynamics Group
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Degree
PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Expertise
Space Dynamics, Mission Analysis, Orbital Propagation and Space Tethers
Claudio Bombardelli is a senior researcher in Space Science and Technology at the Technical University of Madrid, with 12 years of research experience in space dynamics, mission analysis, and advanced space technologies. He has so far published 26 papers in peer reviewed ISI-recognized journals and more than 30 papers in conference proceedings. He has been research fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the European Space Agency, and was recently awarded a "Ramón y Cajal" research fellowship from the Spanish ministry of education. He filed a patent on the Ion Beam Shepherd (IBS) space debris and asteroid deflection concept. [+]