The Europlanet Spain & Portugal Hub, is the Iberian node of the Europlanet Society. Its main objective is to support the Spanish and Portuguese planetary science community, with >400 planetary researchers and engineers, promoting the collaboration between all scientific and technology development institutions and research groups, reinforcing the participation of Iberian scientists and engineers in national and international space research programmes.

The Europlanet Spain & Portugal Hub Coordination Committee is composed by:

  • Chair: A. Cardesín Moinelo (ESAC)
  • Vice-Chairs: R. Hueso (UPV) / P. Machado (IA-Lisbon)
  • Secretary: S. Fernández Menéndez (UniOvi)
  • EPS Board Representative: J. De Leon (IAC)
  • EPS Research Infr. Rep.: F. Gómez-Gómez (CAB)
  • Representative Spain: P. Benavidez (UA)
  • Early Career SP: D. Morate (CEFCA)
  • Policy Officer SP: I. Pérez Grande & E. Díaz Catalá (AEE)
  • Industry Officer SP: A. Catalán (PAE)
  • Outreach & Comm. SP: J. Á. Vaquerizo (ISDEFE) 
  • Representative Portugal: P. Machado (IA-Lisbon)
  • Early Career PT: D. Espadinha (IA-Lisbon)
  • Policy & Industry Officer PT: Marta Gonçalves (PT Space)
  • Outreach & Comm. PT: Joao Retre (IA-Lisbon)
  • Amateur Community : J. Álvaro (FAAE/AstroCuenca)
  • Diversity Officer: L. Parro (UA) / M. Ruiz-Perez (CAB)
  • Space Ethics: J. Hdez-Bernal (UPV)
  • Instrumentation & Tech. Dev.: A. Moral-Inza (INTA)
  • IberoAmerica: P. Benavides, A. Cardesin, R. Duffard, D. Morate 

Contact: spainportugal (at) europlanet-society.org