The LSWG is a group of external scientists of that advises ESA on life sciences activities.

Current LSWG membership:

• Prof. dr. Rodrigo Fernandez Gonzalo [Chair], Karolinska Institute Stockholm, SE – Integrative physiology
• Prof. dr. Karen Olsson-Francis, Open University, UK – Astrobiology
• Prof. dr. Lonnie Grove Petersen, MIT, USA – Cardiovascular Physiology
• dr. Adrienne Kish, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, FR – Microbiology/Extremophiles
• dr. Raúl Herranz, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, ES – Plant Biology and Omics
• Prof. dr. Isabella Mack, Universität Tubingen, DE – Nutrition and Metabolism
• dr. Judith-Irina Buchheim, LMU Klinikum, DE – Immunology
• dr. Colleen Deane, University of Southampton, UK – Neuromuscular system
• dr. Silvana Miranda, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, DE – Radiobiology
• dr. Pedro Marques-Quinteiro, Lusofóna University, PT – Psychology