Josef Aschbacher is new ESA Director General

5 Mar 2021

Josef Aschbacher became the ESA Director General on 1 March 2021.

Born in Austria, Josef Aschbacher studied at the University of Innsbruck, graduating with a Master’s and a Doctoral degree in natural sciences. He became a research scientist at the university’s Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics from 1985 to 1989.