Kerstin Nibleus,^* Rickard Lundin<sup>**


*</sup>Kerstin Nibleus () has been Director General at the EU Council of Ministers in Brussels with responsibilities for Environmental Protection and Universities (1995–2008). She has also been Director General of the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate (1986–1995) and State Secretary for Research Policy. She is a member of several scientific academies in Sweden. She is currently president of the Stockholm Environment Institute. Address: Energy Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden. e-mail: kerstinniblaeus@hotmail.com
^**Rickard LundinProfessional position: 2003—present Professor at IRF; 1994–2003—Director of the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF); 1988–1994—Professor in Space Physics and assistant director of IRF; 1977–1988—Staff scientist at IRF. Professional interest: My main research interest is to study how solar radiation and the solar wind interacts with, and affects the environment of the Terrestrial planets, Earth, Mars and Venus. Of particular importance is to understand how the variable solar radiation and solar wind affect planets, from an hourly scale, to the planetary evolution scale (billion year). Relevant Experience: Principal Investigator (PI) for 9, and coinvestigator in 7 space plasma instruments on space probes launched by ESA, ISAS (Japan) Russia, and Sweden. The space probes have been orbiting the Earth and Mars, one of them (Rosetta) heading towards a comet. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science (KVA) since 1990; Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), since 1993; Member of a number of international and national societies (e.g. AGU, EGU); Author/coauthor of some 315 publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Address: Energy Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden. Address: Swedish Institute of Space Physics, IRF, Teknikhuset, 90187 Umeå, Sweden. e-mail: rickard@irf.se