Interview Professor David Rothery
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Professor
DavidRothery
Rotherybecamea professor
ofplanetarysciencesatthe
OpenUniversity,Milton
Keynes,UK,inNovember
2013.Hespecialisesin
generalgeology,planetary
sciencesandvolcanism.
In 2006 hewasnamed
theUKprincipalinvestigator
fortheMercuryImaging
X-raySpectrometer(MIXS)
instrumentaboardthe
EuropeanSpaceAgency
(ESA)/JapanAerospace
ExplorationAgency(JAXA)
BepiColombomissionto
Mercury.Healsochairsthe
ESA’sMercurySurfaceand
CompositionWorkingGroup.INTERVIEW BIO
Above:
BepiColombo
is due to arrive
at Mercury
in 2025 and
unlock
its secrets