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Andreas Papageorgiou

Dr Andreas Papageorgiou

Teams and roles for Andreas Papageorgiou

Overview

Since 2008, I've been full-time involved with with all pahses of space telescope missions [Selection, Pre-launch, Post-launch Comissioning, Operations, Post-Operations], in particular with DesignDevelopment and finally Operation of the Science Ground Segment of such missions.

Space-telescope projects

Current

  • (ESA) ARIEL - Atmospheric Remote-sensing Exoplanet Large-survey - (2015 -  ), planned for launch in 2029
    • Operations Lead: Instrument Operations and Science Data Center
    • Mission Data Processing Lead: Software pipeline design, development and delivery

Previous

  • Herschel Space Observatory SPIRE Instrument Control Centre (2008-17)
  • EChO - Exoplanet Characterization Observatory (2013-14, ESA M3 Proposal)
  • BETTII - Balloon Experimental Twin Telescope for Infrared Interferometer (2013-14)

Research

  • Extra-solar planets
  • Sub-millimetre astronomy, Galaxy Evolution
  • VLBI Phase-Referencing
  • VLBI Polarimetry, AGN, parsec-scale Radio Jets

Currently Teaching

  • Module Organiser: PX1224 Computational Skills For Problem Solving
  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX3350 Physics Project
  • Tutorials

Previous modules

  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX2134 Structured Programming
  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX3144 Electromagnetic Radiation Detection
  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX3315 Physics Project
  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX4245/PXT145 Exoplanets and the Search for Life
  • Project Supervisor (Y3, Y4, MSc)
  • Postgrad Lecture: "An introduction to scan-imaging in Astronomy"
  • Postgrad Lecture: "Interactive Analysis - Creating your own interactive app"

Admin

  • Admissions Lead - Dept of Physics and Astronomy
  • Senior Personal Tutor
  • Extenuating Circumstances board member
  • Dignity at Work Contact

Other

  • Co-founder - Sequestim - Passive terahertz imaging security screening

Previous responsibilities

  • Director of Recruitment and Admissions, Physics and Astronomy (until 2026)
  • Deputy Director of Learning & Teaching, Physics and Astronomy (until 2024)

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Websites

News articles

Global competition returns with more sophisticated simulations to help decode secrets of distant worlds

Ariel Data Challenge 2025: Advanced exoplanet atmosphere detection returns with enhanced realism

01 July 2025

Global competition returns with more sophisticated simulations to help decode secrets of distant worlds

New funding will help Cardiff University scientists explore how 1,000 known planets outside our solar system were formed and evolved.

Exoplanet mission given £30m boost

27 June 2022

New funding will help Cardiff University scientists explore how 1,000 known planets outside our solar system were formed and evolved.

Contact Details

Email [email protected]
Telephone +44 29208 76992
Campuses Queen’s Buildings, Room N/3.22, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA