Venus III

Bruno Bezard is a scientist from CNRS working at the Observatoire de Paris, where he investigates the atmospheres of planets, moons and exoplanets. He has authored or co-authored nearly 180 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including 29 on Venus. He has been a member of instrument teams including the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer, the Huygens Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer and the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer aboard Venus Express. In 2018, he was awarded the David Bates medal of the European Geosciences Union.

Takehiko Satoh was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1962. He currently works at the Department of Solar System Sciences at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA. Satoh received his PhD in Physics from the Science University of Tokyo in 1992. Satoh is the Principle Investigator for the IR2 (2-mm) camera onboard Venus Climate Orbiter, and the project Scientist for the Venus Climate Orbiter. His research interests include planetary atmospheres, magnetospheres, and surfaces.

Suzanne E. Smrekar is an American astronomer and Deputy Principal Investigator for the Mars InSight lander. Smrekar obtained her B.S. degree in geophysics and mathematics from Brown University in 1984, and her doctorate in geophysics from Southern Methodist University in 1990. She was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT before joining the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 1992.

Colin Wilson is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Department of Physics, where his research focusses on the atmospheres of terrestrial planets. He supplied meteorological sensors for Beagle 2 and Schiaparelli Mars landers; has been a co-Investigator for orbiter instruments including the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer aboard Venus Express, and the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite onboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter; and develops proposals for future missions to Venus, Mars and Titan.

1. Editorial: Topical Collection on Venus
2. Venus: The Atmosphere, Climate, Surface, Interior and Near-Space Environment of an Earth-Like Planet
3. Venus Interior Structure and Dynamics
4. Venus Surface Composition Constrained by Observation and Experiment
5. Venus Atmospheric Thermal Structure and Radiative Balance
6. The Atmospheric Dynamics of Venus
7. Composition and Chemistry of the Neutral Atmosphere of Venus
8. Clouds and Hazes of Venus
9. Aeronomy of the Venus Upper Atmosphere
10. Solar Wind Interaction and Impact on the Venus Atmosphere
11. Future of Venus Research and Exploration.