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Dr. Jörn Helbert Planetary physicist Institute for Planetary Research, DLR Rutherfordstrasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany [email protected] Personal details: Date of birth: 6.11.1968

Professional positions: 2010-present Deputy group leader of the “Experimental Planetary Physics” group 2007-present CoPI of MERTIS instrument on BepiColombo, Institute for Planetary Research, DLR 2005-2006 Science and Project Manager of MERTIS on BepiColombo, Institute for Planetary Research, DLR 2004-2005 Scientific Researcher, Institute for Planetary Research, DLR 2002-2004 Scientific Researcher, Department for Optical Information Systems, DLR 1998-2002 Graduate Research Assistant, Physics of Small Bodies Group, Institute for Planetary Exploration, DLR 2001 Research Scholar, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas Degrees: May 2010

Certified Manager – Malik Management Center St. Gallen, Swiss / Helmholtz Academy for high potential

May 2003

Doctoral degree at Freie Universität Berlin Germany

Dec. 1997

Diploma (Masters Degree) in Physics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

Research experience Study of planetary surface by remote sensing using infrared spectroscopy with a focus on Mercury and Venus. Development of the Planetary Emissivity Laboratory at DLR, which provides unique capabilities for high temperature measurements of planetary analog materials. CoPI of the thermal infrared imaging spectrometer MERTIS on BepiColombo. Involvement in several planetary mission as CoI or participating scientist, among them NASA MESSENGER, JAXA Hayabusa 2, ESA Venus Express, ESA Mars Express and ExoMars. Key publications: Helbert, J.; Maturilli, A.; D’Amore, M. (2013) Visual and near-infrared reflectance spectra of thermally processed synthetic sulfides as a potential analog for the hollow forming materials on Mercury, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, pp. 233-238, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.045 Helbert, J.; Nestola, F.; Ferrari, S.; Maturilli, A.; Massironi, M.; Redhammer, G.J.; Capria, M.T.; Carli, C.; Capaccioni, F.; Bruno, M. (2013) Olivine thermal emissivity under extreme temperature ranges: Implication for Mercury surface, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volumes 371–372, June 2013, Pages 252-257 Helbert, J.; Hiesinger, H.; Walter, I.; Sauberlich, T.; Maturilli, A.; D'Amore, M.; Knollenberg, J.; Lorenz, E.; Peter, G.; Arnold, G. (2010) MERTIS: understanding Mercury's surface composition from midinfrared spectroscopy, Proc. SPIE 7808, 78080J, DOI:10.1117/12.859816 Helbert, J.; Maturilli, A. (2009) The emissivity of a fine-grained labradorite sample at typical Mercury dayside temperatures, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285, 3-4, p. 347-354 Helbert, J.; Müller, N.; Kostama, P.; Marinangeli, L.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P. (2008) Surface brightness variations seen by VIRTIS on Venus Express and implications for the evolution of the Lada Terra region, Venus, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, 11, CiteID L11201

Helbert, J.; Arnold, G.; Benkhoff, J.; Hirsch, H.; Maturilli, A.; Formisano, V.; Giuranna, M. (2005): Comparison of surface temperatures measured by the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) on Mars Express with predictions from the Berlin Mars near Surface Thermal model (BMST) for the BEAGLE 2 landing site in Isidis Planitia, Advances in Space Research, DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.007 Helbert, J.; Rauer, H.; Boice, D. C.; Huebner, W. F. (2005) The chemistry of C2 and C3 in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances rh > 2.9 AU, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 442, Issue 3, November II 2005, pp.1107-1120

Honors, Awards and Offices: 2011 Otto-Lilienthal Research Award 2008-2010 Graduate of the Helmholtz Management Academy for high potentials 2006-2007 Mentee in the DLR Mentoring program 2006 Research sabbatical at Brown University, Providence, awarded by DLR for special achievements 2002 Scholarship for European High-Level Summerschool on Planetary Geology 2001-2003 Research Scholarship awarded by the German Research Foundation

Professional Societies: Program Committee of the AGU fall meeting Convener of several workshops on Mercury and Venus science Convenor of several conference sessions on Venus Express, Mars Express and Mercury at AGU, EGU, EPSC and AOGS meetings Member of AGU and AOGS

Selected publications in referred journals: 1. Helbert, J.; Maturilli, A.; D’Amore, M. (2013) Visual and near-infrared reflectance spectra of thermally processed synthetic sulfides as a potential analog for the hollow forming materials on Mercury, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2. Mueller, N. T.; Helbert, J.; Erard, S.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P. (2012) Rotation period of Venus estimated from Venus Express VIRTIS images and Magellan altimetry, Icarus, Volume 217, Issue 2, p. 474-483, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.09.026 3. Donaldson-Hanna, K. L.; Wyatt, M. B.; Thomas, I. R.; Bowles, N. E.; Greenhagen, B. T.; Maturilli, A.; Helbert, J.; Paige, D. A. (2012) Thermal infrared emissivity measurements under a simulated lunar environment: Application to the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment (2012), Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 117, CiteID E00H05 4. Ghail, R. C.; Wilson, C.; Galand, M.; Hall, D.; Cochrane, C.; Mason, P.; Helbert, J.; Montmessin, F.; Limaye, S.; Patel, M.; Bowles, N.; Stam, D.; Wahlund, J-E; Rocca, F.; Waltham, D.; Mather, T. A.; Biggs, J.; Genge, M.; Paillou, P.; Mitchell, K.; Wilson, L.; Singh, U. N. (2012) EnVision: taking the pulse of our twin planet, Experimental Astronomy, DOI 10.1007/s10686-011-9244-3 5. Lamy, P.; Vernazza, P.; Poncy, J.; Martinot, V.; Hinglais, E.; Canalias, E.; Bell, J.; Cruikshank, D.; Groussin, O.; Helbert, J.; Marzari, F.; Morbidelli, A.; Rosenblatt, P.; Sierks, H. (2012) Trojans' Odyssey: Unveiling the early history of the Solar System, Experimental Astronomy, DOI 10.1007/s10686-011-9253-2 6. Hiesinger, H.; Helbert, J.; MERTIS Co-I Team (2010) The Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo misson, Planetary and Space Science, 58, Issue 1-2, p. 144-16 7. Smrekar, S.E.; Stofan, E. R.; Mueller, N.; Treiman, A.; Elkins-Tanton, L.; Helbert, J.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P. (2010) Recent Hotspot Volcanism on Venus from VIRTIS Emissivity Data, Science, Volume 328, Issue 5978, pp. 6058. Warell, J.; Sprague, A.; Kozlowski, R.; Rothery, D. A.; Lewis, N.; Helbert, J.; Cloutis, E. (2010) Constraints on Mercury’s surface composition from MESSENGER and ground-based spectroscopy, Icarus, Volume 209, Issue 1, p. 138-163 9. Vernazza, P.; Carry, B.; Emery, J.; Hora, J. L.; Cruikshank, D.; Binzel, R. P.; Jackson, J.; Helbert, J.; Maturilli, A. (2010) Mid-infrared spectral variability for compositionally similar asteroids: Implications for asteroid particle size distributions, Icarus, Volume 207, Issue 2, p. 800-809 10. Milillo, A.; Fujimoto, M.; Kallio, E.; Kameda, S.; Leblanc, F.; Narita, Y.; Cremonese, G.; Laakso, H.; Laurenza, M.; Massetti, S.; McKenna-Lawlor, S.; Mura, A.; Nakamura, R.; Omura, Y.; Rothery, D. A.; Seki, K.; Storini, M.; Wurz, P.; Baumjohann, W.; Bunce, E. J.; Kasaba, Y.; Helbert, J.; Sprague, A.; the other Hermean Environment WG members (2010) The BepiColombo mission: An outstanding tool for investigating the Hermean Environment, Planetary and Space Science, 58, Issue 1-2, p. 40-60 11. Rothery, D.; Marinangeli, L.; Anand, M.; Carpenter, J.; Christensen, U.; Crawford, I. A.; Sanctis, M. C. De; Epifani, E. M.; Erard, S.; Frigeri, A.; Fraser, G.; Hauber, E.; Helbert, J.; Hiesinger, H.; Joy, K.; Langevin, Y.; Massironi, M.; Milillo, A.; Mitrofanov, I.; Muinonen, K.; Näränen, J.; Pauselli, C.; Potts, P.; Warell, J.; Wurz, P. (2010) Mercury's surface and composition to be studied by BepiColombo, Planetary and Space Science, 58, Issue 1-2, p. 21-39 12. Helbert, J.; Hiesinger, H.; Walter, I.; Sauberlich, T.; Maturilli, A.; D'Amore, M.; Knollenberg, J.; Lorenz, E.; Peter, G.; Arnold, G. (2010) MERTIS: understanding Mercury's surface composition from mid-infrared spectroscopy, Proc. SPIE 7808, 78080J, DOI:10.1117/12.859816 13. Paproth, C.; Sauberlich, T.; Jahn, H.; Helbert, J. (2010) MERTIS: system theory and simulation, Proc. SPIE 7808, 78080M, DOI:10.1117/12.860890 14. Sauberlich, T.; Paproth, C.; Helbert, J. (2010) MERTIS: shutterless background signal removal, Proc. SPIE 7808, 78080L, DOI:10.1117/12.860592 15. Zeh, T.; Gal, C.; Kaiser, S.; Peter, G.; Walter, I.; Helbert, J.; Jachlewski, J.; Multhaup, K.; Hiesinger, H. (2010) MERTIS: reflective baffle design and manufacturing, Proc. SPIE 7808, 78080O, DOI:10.1117/12.860469 16. Arnold, G.; Hiesinger, H.; Helbert, J.; Peter, G.; Walter, I. (2010) MERTIS - thermal infrared imaging of Mercury: advances in mid-IR remote sensing technology for planetary exploration, Proc. SPIE 7808, 78080I DOI:10.1117/12.860144 17. Mueller, B.E.A.; Samarasinha, N.H.; Rauer, H.; Helbert, J. (2010) Determination of a precise rotation period for the Deep Space 1 target, Comet 19P/Borrelly, Icarus, 209, Issue 2, p. 745-752, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.004. 18. Kminek, G.; Rummel, J. D.; Cockell, C. S.; Atlas, R.; Barlow, N.; Beaty, D.; Boynton, W.; Carr, M.; Clifford, S.; Conley, C. A.; Davila, A. F.; Debus, A.; Doran, P.; Hecht, M.; Heldmann, J.; Helbert, J.; Hipkin, V.; Horneck, G.; Kieft, T. L.; Klingelhoefer, G.; Meyer, M.; Newsom, H.; Ori,

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G. G.; Parnell, J.; Prieur, D.; Raulin, F.; Schulze-Makuch, D.; Spry, J. A.; Stabekis, P. E.; Stackebrandt, E.; Vago, J.; Viso, M.; Voytek, M.; Wells, L.; Westall (2010) Report of the COSPAR mars special regions colloquium, Advances in Space Research, Volume 46, Issue 6, p. 811-829 Helbert, J.; Maturilli, A. (2009) The emissivity of a fine-grained labradorite sample at typical Mercury dayside temperatures, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285, 3-4, p. 347-354 Titov, D. V.; Svedhem, H.; Taylor, F. W.; Barabash, S.; Bertaux, J.-L.; Drossart, P.; Formisano, V.; Häusler, B.; Korablev, O.; Markiewicz, W. J.; Nevejans, D.; Pätzold, M.; Piccioni, G.; Sauvaud, J.-A.; Zhang, T. L.; Witasse, O.; Gerard, J.-C.; Fedorov, A.; SanchezLavega, A.; Helbert, J.; Hoofs, R. (2009) Venus express: Highlights of the nominal mission, Solar System Research, 43, 3, pp.185-209 Sprague, A. L.; Donaldson Hanna, K. L.; Kozlowski, R. W. H.; Helbert, J.; Maturilli, A.; Warell, J. B.; Hora, J. L. (2009) Spectral emissivity measurements of Mercury's surface indicate Mg- and Ca-rich mineralogy, K-spar, Na-rich plagioclase, rutile, with possible perovskite, and garnet, Planetary and Space Science, 57, 3, p. 364-383 Sauberlich, T.; Paproth, C.; Helbert, J.; Hiesinger, H. (2009) MERTIS: background signal removal and signal simulation, Proc. SPIE 7453, 745306, DOI:10.1117/12.829046 Arnold, G.; Hiesinger, H.; Helbert, J.; Paproth, C.; Sauberlich, T.; Peter, G.; Walter, I. (2009) Thermal infrared imaging of Mercury - MERTIS - a new remote sensing technology, Proc. SPIE 7453, 745305, DOI:10.1117/12.829044 Mueller, N.; Helbert, J.; Hashimoto, G. L.; Tsang, C. C. C.; Erard, S.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P. (2008) Venus surface thermal emission at 1 μm in VIRTIS imaging observations: Evidence for variation of crust and mantle differentiation conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E9, CiteID E00B17 McClintock, W. E.; Izenberg, N. R.; Holsclaw, G. M.; Blewett, D. T.; Domingue, D. L.; Head, J. W.; Helbert, J.; McCoy, T. J.; Murchie, S. L.; Robinson, M. S.; Solomon, S. C.; Sprague, A. L.; Vilas, F. (2008) Spectroscopic Observations of Mercury’s Surface Reflectance During MESSENGER’s First Mercury Flyby, Science, Volume 321, Issue 5885, pp. 62Helbert, J.; Müller, N.; Kostama, P.; Marinangeli, L.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P. (2008) Surface brightness variations seen by VIRTIS on Venus Express and implications for the evolution of the Lada Terra region, Venus, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, 11, CiteID L11201 Helbert, J.; Sauberlich, T.; Paproth, C.; Walter, I.; Arnold, G.; Hiesinger, H. (2008) MERTIS: from laboratory to Mercury, Proc. SPIE 7082, 70820L, DOI:10.1117/12.798392 Arnold, G.; Helbert, J.; Hiesinger, H.; Hirsch, H.; Jessberger, E.; Peter, G.; Walter, I. (2008) Mercury radiometer and thermal infrared spectrometer--a novel thermal imaging spectrometer for the exploration of Mercury, J. Appl. Remote Sens. 2, 023528, DOI:10.1117/1.2961041 Maturilli, A.; Helbert, J.; Moroz, L. (2008) The Berlin emissivity database (BED), Planetary and Space Science, 56, Issue 3-4, p. 420-425 Bellucci, G.; Helbert, J.; Altieri, F.; Reiss, D.; Bibring, J.P.; van Gasselt, S.; Hoffmann, H.; Langevin, Y.; Neukum, G.; Poulet, F. (2007) Evidence for enhanced hydration on the northern flank of Olympus Mons, Mars. Icarus, 192, 2, 361 - 377, DOI 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.07.019 Drossart, P.; Piccioni, G.; Gerard, M.; Sanchez-Lavega, A.; Lopez-Valverde, M. A.; Hueso, R.; Taylor, F.W.; Zasova, L.; Adriani, A.; Lebonnois, S.; Coradini, A.; Bezard, B.; Angrilli, F.; Arnold, G.; Baines, K.H.; Bellucci, G.; Benkhoff, J.; Bibring, J.P.; Blanco, A.; Blecka, M. I.; Carlson, R. W.; Di Lellis, A.; Encrenaz, T.; Erard, S.; Fonti, S.; Formisano, V.; Fouchet, T.; Garcia, R.; Haus, R.; Helbert, J.; Ignatiev, N. I.; Irwin, P.G.J.; Langevin, Y.; Luz, D.; Marinangeli, L.; Orofino, V.; Rodin, A.V.; Roos-Serote, M.C.; Saggin, B.; Stam, D.M.; Titov, D.; Visconti, G.; Zambelli, M.; Tsang, C.; et.al. (2007) A dynamic upper atmosphere of Venus as revealed by VIRTIS on Venus Express. Nature (450), 641 - 645, DOI 10.1038/nature06140 Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P.; Sanchez-Lavega, A.; Hueso, R.; Taylor, F.W.; Grassi, D.; Zasova, L.; Moriconi, M.; Adriani, A.; Lebonnois, S.; Coradini, A.; Bezard, B.; Angrilli, F.; Arnold, G.; Baines, K.H.; Bellucci, G.; Benkhoff, J.; Bibring, J.P.; Blanco, A.; Blecka, M. I.; Carlson, R. W.; Di Lellis, A.; Encrenaz, T.; Erard, S.; Fonti, S.; Formisano, V.; Fouchet, T.; Garcia, R.; Haus, R.; Helbert, J.; Ignatiev, N. I.; Irwin, P.G.J.; Langevin, Y.; Lopez-Valverde, M.A.; Luz, D.; Marinangeli, L.; Orofino, V.; Rodin, A.V.; Roos-Serote, M.C.; Saggin, B.; Stam, D.M.; Titov, D.; Visconti, G.; Zambelli, M.; et.al. (2007) South-polar features on Venus similar to those near the north pole. Nature (450), 637 - 640, DOI 10.1038/nature06209 Sprague, A.; Warell, J.; Cremonese, G.; Langevin, Y.; Helbert, J.; Wurz, P.; Veselovsky, I.; Orsini, S.; Milillo, A. (2007) Mercury's Surface Composition and Character as Measured

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by Ground-Based Observations. Space Science Reviews, 132 (2-4), 399 - 431, DOI 10.1007/s11214-007-9221-3 Grott, M.; Helbert, J.; Nadalini, R. (2007) The thermal structure of Martian soil and the measurability of the planetary heat flow. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, E09004, DOI 10.1029/2007JE002905 Nisbet, E.; Zahnle, K.; Gerasimov, M.V.; Helbert, J.; Jaumann, R.; Hofmann, B.A.; Benzerara, K.; Westall, F. (2007) Creating Habitable Zones, at all Scales, from Planets to Mud MicroHabitats, on Earth and on Mars. Space Science Reviews, 129 (Issue 1-3), 79 - 121, DOI 10.1007/s11214-007-9175-5 Helbert, J.; Moroz, L. V.; Maturilli, A.; Bischoff, A.; Warell, J.; Sprague, A.; Palomba, E. (2007) A set of laboratory analogue materials for the MERTIS instrument on the ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury. Advances in Space Research, Volume 40, Issue 2, p. 272-279. Helbert, J.; Hauber, E.; Reiss, D. (2007) Water on the Terrestrial Planets. In: Spohn, T. : Planets and Moons, Treatise on Geophysics, 10, Elsevier, 371 - 420, ISBN 9780444519283 Helbert, J. (2006): Fire and ice - the right place to search for life? In: Astrobiology, Mary Ann Liebert Inc., S. 105 - 173, AbSciCon 2006, Washington, DC (USA), 2006-03-26 - 200603-30, ISSN 1531-1074 Benkhoff, J.; Helbert, J.; MERTIS Team (2006): Thermal infrared spectroscopy to investigate the composition of Mercury - The MERTIS instrument on BepiColombo. Advances in Space Research, 38 (4) 647 - 658, DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2005.10.033 Maturilli, A.; Helbert, J.; Moroz, L. (2006) Emissivity measurements of analogue materials for the interpretation of data from PFS on Mars Express and MERTIS on Bepi-Colombo, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 54, Issue 11 , Pages 1057-1064 Helbert, J.; Benkhoff, J. (2006) Digging deep for ice in Isidis Planitia—New constraints on subsurface volatile concentrations from thermal modelling, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 54, Issue 4, p. 331-336 Helbert, J.; Arnold, G.; Benkhoff, J.; Hirsch, H.; Maturilli, A.; Formisano, V.; Giuranna, M. (2005): Comparison of surface temperatures measured by the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) on Mars Express with predictions from the Berlin Mars near Surface Thermal model (BMST) for the BEAGLE 2 landing site in Isidis Planitia, Advances in Space Research, DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.007 Helbert, J.; Rauer, H.; Boice, D. C.; Huebner, W. F. (2005) The chemistry of C2 and C3 in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances rh > 2.9 AU, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 442, Issue 3, November II 2005, pp.1107-1120 Helbert, J.; Reiss, D.; Hauber, E.; Benkhoff, J. (2005) Limits on the burial depth of glacial ice deposits on the flanks of Hecates Tholus, Mars, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 17, CiteID L17201 Weiler, M.; Rauer, H.; Helbert, J. (2004) Optical observations of Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.414, p.749-755 Helbert, J.; Benkhoff, J. (2003) A new approach to assessing the burial depth of ground ice deposits and its application to proposed MER landing sites in Isidis Planitia, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 108, Issue E12, pp. ROV 28-1, CiteID 8087, DOI 10.1029/2002JE002021 Weiler, M.; Rauer, H.; Knollenberg, J.; Jorda, L.; Helbert, J. (2003) The dust activity of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) between 3 AU and 13 AU from the Sun, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.403, p.313-322 Rauer, H.; Helbert, J.; Arpigny, C.; Benkhoff, J.; Bockelée-Morvan, D.; Boehnhardt, H.; Colas, F.; Crovisier, J.; Hainaut, O.; Jorda, L.; Kueppers, M.; Manfroid, J.; Thomas, N. (2003) Longterm optical spectrophotometric monitoring of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.397, p.1109-1122