A short bioProf. Foing is executive director of ILEWG International Lunar Exploration Working Group, and manager of EuroMoonMars programme. Guest prof at VU Amsterdam/Leiden Observatory. Vice-chair of COSPAR Commission B (Moon, planets and small bodies) and PEX Exploration panel, chair of IAF ITACCUS, and member of several IAF committees. Full member of IAA since 2010. Former President of ESTEC staff committee (2012-2017), and former Chief scientist ESA ESTEC (2002-2018).He has worked at ESA Space Science Department at ESTEC (1989-2020), as visiting scientist, staff scientist, study scientist, Research Unit Coordinator, Project scientist and Chief scientist. Born in France, attended Ecole Normale Supérieure of Education & Technology, and became Professor Agrégé of Physical sciences. He obtained a PhD on Astrophysics and Space Techniques at CNRS, with research stays in the US (Lockheed, SacPeak, Boulder, Harvard).
He worked 3 years in Chile as astronomer for ESO European Southern Observatory, and as Professor of Astrophysics. Permanent researcher at CNRS Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, he obtained the Habilitation for direction of research in 1990. See a detailed bio here. Also on Scolar Google and Wikipedia
