Science Working Team

DESTINY⁺ Science Board

The Science Board (SB) is the central group of the Science Working Team (SWT). The SB makes decisions as recommendation to the DESTINY⁺ Project Manager (PM) about scientific issues in DESTINY⁺, and manages and controls all science-side teams in DESTINY⁺ including Science Working Groups (SWGs) and parts of Instrument Teams (ITs) and Working Teams (WTs).

MEMBERS LIST (January 21, 2026)

Tomoko Arai

DESTINY⁺-SciPI as the Science Board Chair

Affiliation

　PERC Chiba Tech

Hiroshi Kimura

DESTINY⁺-Deputy SciPI as the SB Co-Chair & Dust Science Working Group Leader domestic POC

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Harald Krüger

Dust Science Working Group Leader

Affiliation

MPS / PERC Chiba Tech

Tomokatsu Morota

Phaethon Science Working Group Leader

Affiliation

The Univ. of Tokyo

Fumi Yoshida

Ground Observation Science Working Group Leader

Affiliation

Univ. of OEH/PERC Chiba Tech

Ko Ishibashi

DESTINY⁺ Camera Instrument Team PI

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Ralf Srama

DESTINY⁺ Dust Analyzer Instrument Team PI

Affiliation

Univ. of Stuttgart

Masanori Kobayashi

DESTINY⁺ Dust Analyzer Instrument Team PI domestic POC

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Koji Wada

Science Board organizer

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Takeshi Takashima

DESTINY⁺ PM, observer from project

Affiliation

ISAS/JAXA

Hiroshi Imamura

DESTINY⁺ Deputy PM, observer from project

Affiliation

ISAS/JAXA

Carsten Henselowsky

DLR Project Manager of DDA, observer from project

Affiliation

DLR

Phaethon Science Working Group

MEMBERS LIST (January 21, 2026)

Tomokatsu Morota

Ph-SWG Leader

Affiliation

The Univ. of Tokyo

Tomoko Arai

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Naru Hirota

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Univ. of Aizu

Takahiro Hiroi

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Brown Univ.