Mark Bentley
PSA Science Lead & BepiColombo Archive Scientist at European Space Agency - ESA
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolMark Bentley is a planetary scientist and payload engineer with 11+ years of experience leading science operations and archive stewardship at ESA, currently serving as PSA Science Lead and BepiColombo Archive Scientist in Madrid. Former PI of the MIDAS atomic force microscope on Rosetta, he combines hands-on instrument development and in situ data analysis with expertise in planetary surface simulation and cometary science. His career spans research, mission operations and spacecraft simulation across universities and research institutes, giving him rare end-to-end insight into mission-design, payload calibration and long-term data curation. Known for translating complex instrument behavior into usable science products, he bridges engineering and scientific communities to maximize mission return.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, PhD at The Open UniversitySSP, SSP at International Space UniversityMPhys, MPhys at University of Leicester
English, German
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Github Skills (151)
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
msbentley/mustlink
Oct 2019 - Dec 2023
Contributions:5 releases, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
msbentley/pds3_utils
Oct 2022 - Apr 2025
Contributions:4 releases, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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