Counsellors

You can request an SXS counselling if you are a Swiss national or currently studying at a Swiss university.
Browse the list of SXS counsellors below to find the professional who best matches your field of study, interests, and career goals. No preference? Click here, select “Any Counsellor”, and complete the request form.

Aebi Audrey

Former Master student in Space Systems at ETH Zurich, Former NASA JPL Intern
Audrey is a 2026 graduate of ETH Zurich, holding a Master’s degree in Space Systems from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. She previously completed an internship at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and has collaborated with the University of Bern and ETH Space. Her areas of interest encompass Systems Engineering and Spacecraft Design, Earth Observation, and Science & Research, with a specific focus on mass spectrometry, microfluidics, astrobiology, systems engineering, and astronomy.

Agazzi Mariasole Aurora

Master’s Student in Physics and Interdisciplinary Sciences at ETH Zurich, Former ESA ESTEC Directorate of Science
Mariasole Aurora Agazzi is a Master’s student in Physics and Interdisciplinary Sciences at ETH Zurich. She previously collaborated with the European Space Agency (ESA) at ESTEC in Noordwijk, Netherlands, within the Directorate of Science. Her expertise includes astrophysics and space science, with a focus on exoplanet detection and characterisation, astronomical data analysis, space instrumentation, and mission development.

Azzalini Loïc

Former degree Robotics from the University of Toronto, Research Associate at HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Loïc is a Research Associate at HES-SO Valais-Wallis. He holds a degree in Robotics from the University of Toronto and previously worked as a Young Graduate Trainee in ESA-ESTEC’s Advanced Concepts Team in the Netherlands, focusing on biologically inspired computer vision algorithms. His interests include neuromorphic technology and its applications in space.

Bono Lorenzo

Former Master’s student in Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zurich, Additive Manufacturing Engineer at Accelleron
Lorenzo is currently an Additive Manufacturing Engineer at Accelleron. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich and previously worked as a Composite Engineer at Rocket Factory Augsburg, contributing to rocket structure design. He also completed an internship at the European Space Agency’s Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, focusing on In-Situ Resource Utilization as part of the Spaceship EAC team.

Brodbeck Joanna

Master’s student in Computer Science at ETH Zurich, Former ESA intern at ESOC
Joanna is a Master’s student in Computer Science (D-INFK) at ETH Zurich, concurrently working as a Software Engineer at Inventage AG. She previously completed an internship at the European Space Agency (ESA) at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany, specifically in the Mars Orbiting Missions Operations Section of the Mission Operations Department. Her areas of expertise encompass Mission Operations and Ground Segment, Software Engineering, and Data Science and AI, with a focus on data management and machine learning.

Bullinger Ben

Former MSc student in Computer Science at ETH Zurich, Former ESA – ESOC AI Research Intern
Ben Bullinger is a former Computer Science student at ETH Zurich, specializing in Machine Intelligence with a minor in Theoretical Computer Science. He completed an AI Research Internship at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Darmstadt, working on physics-informed machine learning for spacecraft prognostics and health management, with a focus on time and frequency metrology, stochastic state-space models, and differentiable programming.