Volker Liebig

Background

Liebig, Volker was born in 1956 in Lübbecke, Germany.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics, University Munich.

Career

Former polar researcher Ganovex IV German Antarctic Expedition. Various management positions Kayser Threde, Munich. Head Earth observation utilization program, then head application programs German Space Agency (DARA), 1994—2000.

Program director German Aerospace Center (Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), Cologne, 2000—2004. Director Earth observation programs European Space Agency, since 2004, head European Space Agency Center Earth Observation (ESRIN) Frascati, Italy, since 2004. Member European Space Agency Program Board Earth Observation, 1993—1998.

Past member space advisory group European Commission. Past lecturer University Stuttgart.

Achievements

• Volker Liebig has been listed as a noteworthy aerospace agency executive by Marquis Who's Who.