"Prof. Heiner Klinkrad
Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering) from the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany (1984). Title of Ph.D. thesis: "Analytical Prediction of LEO Satellite Trajectories with a Realistic Drag Force Model"
Visiting Scientist at ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt/Germany (1980-1983)
Flight Dynamics Engineer at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk/The Netherlands (1983-1988)
Senior Mission Analyst at ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt/Germany (1988-2006)
Head of ESA Space Debris Office, HSO-GR, at ESA/ESO in Darmstadt (2006-now)
Lecturer on Space Debris at TU Braunschweig/ILR (2001-now)
adjunct professor at TU Brauschnweig /ILR (since 2009)
Chairman of the COSPAR PEDAS Panel (Committee on Space Research, Panel on Potential Envionmentally Detrimental Activities in Space), 2005 - 2010
Head of the ESA Delegation at IADC (Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee), since 2005
Head of the ESA Delegation in der European Network of Centres Space Debris Coordination Group (since 2005)
Member of the ECSS space debris working group (European Committee on Space Standardization)
Member of the ISO Orbital Debris Coordination Working Group (ODCWG, International Standardization Organisation)
Member of IAG working group 2.130 on non-gravitational force modeling (1994-1995)
International member of the AIAA Astrodynamics Standards Committee (1993-1996)
Member of the COSPAR Panel on Space Weather (1999-2001)"