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.

Ko Ishibashi

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Masateru Ishiguro

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Seoul National Univ.

Takashi Ito

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

NAOJ

Goro Koma

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Univ. d'Annunzio

Sean Marshall

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Univ. of Central Florida

Tatsuhiro Michikami

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Kindai Univ.

Tomoki Nakamura

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Tohoku Unic.

Katsuhito Ohtsuka

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

PREC Chiba Tech

Takaya Okamoto

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Texh

Osamu Okudaira

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Takafumi Ootsubo

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

UOEH / PERC Chiba Tech

Tomohiko Sekiguchi

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Hokkaido Univ. Edu.

Hiroki Sensh

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Eri Tatsumi

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

IAC

Manabu Yamada

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Yasuhiro Yokota

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

Institute of Science Tokyo

Fumi Yoshida

Ph-SWG Co-I

Affiliation

UOEH/PERC Chiba Tech

Hiroshi Kimura

Observer

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Koji Wada

Observer

Affiliation

PERC Chiba Tech

Ground Observation Science Working Group

To support the DESTINY⁺ Phaethon Science Working Group in developing flyby observation strategies, the Ground Observation Science Working Group conducts ground-based observations of the target asteroids prior to each flyby to determine the physical properties of the asteroids.

MEMBERS LIST (February 24, 2026)

Fumi YoshidaGO-SWG Leader

Affiliation

UOEH/PERC Chiba Tech

Shinsuke Abe

GO-SWG Co-I

Nihon Univ.

Hiroshi Akitaya
GO-SWG Co-I
PERC Chiba Tech

Hiroshi Akitaya

GO-SWG Co-I

PERC Chiba Tech

Jin Beniyama
GO-SWG Co-I
Côte d'Azur Obs.

Jin Beniyama

GO-SWG Co-I

Côte d'Azur Obs.

Simone Ieva
GO-SWG Co-I
INAF-OAR

Simone Ieva

GO-SWG Co-I

INAF-OAR

Masateru Ishiguro
GO-SWG Co-I
Seoul National Univ.

Masateru Ishiguro

GO-SWG Co-I

Seoul National Univ.

Takashi Ito
GO-SWG Co-I
NAOJ

Takashi Ito

GO-SWG Co-I

NAOJ

Myung-Jin Kim
GO-SWG Co-I
KASI

Myung-Jin Kim

GO-SWG Co-I

KASI

Zhong-Yi Lin
GO-SWG Co-I
IANCU

Zhong-Yi Lin

GO-SWG Co-I

IANCU

Sean Marshall
GO-SWG Co-I
Univ. of Central Florida

Sean Marshall

GO-SWG Co-I

Univ. of Central Florida

Nick Moskovitz
GO-SWG Co-I
Lowell Obs.

Nick Moskovitz

GO-SWG Co-I

Lowell Obs.

Thomas Müller
GO-SWG Co-I
MPE

Thomas Müller

GO-SWG Co-I

MPE

Katsuhito Ohtsuka
GO-SWG Co-I
PREC Chiba Tech

Katsuhito Ohtsuka

GO-SWG Co-I

PREC Chiba Tech

Takafumi Ootsubo
GO-SWG Co-I
UOEH/PERC Chiba Tech

Takafumi Ootsubo

GO-SWG Co-I

UOEH/PERC Chiba Tech

Petr Pravec
GO-SWG Co-I
Astron. Inst. of the CAS

Petr Pravec

GO-SWG Co-I

Astron. Inst. of the CAS

Andy Rivkin
GO-SWG Co-I
Johns Hopkins Univ.

Andy Rivkin

GO-SWG Co-I

Johns Hopkins Univ.

Tomohiko Sekiguchi
GO-SWG Co-I
Hokkaido Univ. Edu.

Tomohiko Sekiguchi

GO-SWG Co-I

Hokkaido Univ. Edu.

Aleksander Serebryanskiy
GO-SWG Co-I
FAI

Aleksander Serebryanskiy

GO-SWG Co-I

FAI

Eri Tatsumi
GO-SWG Co-I
IAC

Eri Tatsumi

GO-SWG Co-I

IAC

Cristina Thomas
GO-SWG Co-I
Northern Arizona Univ.

Cristina Thomas

GO-SWG Co-I

Northern Arizona Univ.

Seitaro Urakawa
GO-SWG Co-I
Japan Spaceguard Association

Seitaro Urakawa

GO-SWG Co-I

Japan Spaceguard Association

Jun-ichi Watanabe
GO-SWG Co-I
NAOJ

Jun-ichi Watanabe

GO-SWG Co-I

NAOJ

Makoto Yoshikawa
GO-SWG Co-I
JAXA

Makoto Yoshikawa

GO-SWG Co-I

JAXA

Tomoko Arai
Observer
PERC Chiba Tech

Tomoko Arai

Observer

PERC Chiba Tech

Hiroshi Kimura
Observer
PERC Chiba Tech

Hiroshi Kimura

Observer

PERC Chiba Tech

Koji Wada
Observer
PERC Chiba Tech

Koji Wada

Observer

PERC Chiba Tech