Venus III
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Bruno Bézard is a scientist from CNRS working at the Observatoire de Paris, where he investigates the atmospheres of planets, moons and exoplanets. He has authored or co-authored nearly 180 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including 29 on Venus. He has been a member of instrument teams including the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer, the Huygens Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer and the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer aboard Venus Express. In 2018, he was awarded the David Bates medal of the European Geosciences Union.
Chris Russell is a Professor of Geophysics and Space Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has flown instruments on the Pioneer Venus Orbiter, and other terrestrial, planetary, and interplanetary missions. He recently served as a co-investigator on the Venus Express orbiter. He was presented the AGU Macelwane award, the AGU Fleming medal as well as the COSPAR Science Prize. He has authored or co-authored over 1800 papers in journals and books, and authored two text books. His H-index is currently 108.Colin Wilson is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics, where his research focusses on the atmospheres of terrestrial planets. He supplied meteorological sensors for Beagle 2 and Schiaparelli Mars landers; has been a co-Investigator for orbiter instruments including the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer aboard Venus Express, and the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite onboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter; and develops proposals for future missions to Venus, Mars and Titan.