Meet the Team
EPFL Xplore team is made of students passionate about Space Sciences and Exploration. Coming from various sections of the school, its members interact with multidisciplinary sets of mind, therefore fostering ideas generation and open-mindedness.
Management
Ugo Balducci
President
ugo.balducci@epfl-xplore.ch
Emma Gaia Poggiolini
Vice President XRC & Head of Sponsoring
emma.poggiolini@epfl-xplore.ch
Antoine Hinary
Vice President & Project Manager ERC
antoine.hinary@epfl-xplore.ch
Emile Charles
Project Manager XRE
emile.charles@epfl-xplore.ch
Alia Sayed
Chief Financial Officer
alia.sayed@epfl-xplore.ch
Farouk Himmiche
Chief Communication Officer
farouk.himmiche@epfl-xplore.ch
Thalia Riachy
Chief Logistics Officer
thalia.riachy@epfl-xplore.ch
Maxime Rombach
EPFL Academic Supervisor
maxime.rombach@epfl.ch
ERC System Engineers and Team Leaders
Marguerite Benoist
Team Leader – Navigation & Science
marguerite.benoist@epfl-xplore.ch
Matthieu André
Team Leader – Handling Device Software
matthieu.andre@epfl-xplore.ch
Sloan Zammouri
Team Leader – Handling Device Hardware
sloan.zammouri@epfl-xplore.ch
Joelle Ayoub
Team Leader – Structure
joelle.ayoub@epfl-xplore.ch
Farouk Himmiche
Team Leader – Electronics & Science
farouk.himmiche@epfl-xplore.ch
Josef Thomas
Systems Engineer – Electronics
josef.thomas@epfl-xplore.ch
Federico Bise
Team Leader – Electronics
federico.bise@epfl-xplore.ch
Roman Danylovych
Team Leader – Drone
roman.danylovych@epfl-xplore.ch
Emile Charles
Team Leader – Plastics
emile.charles@epfl-xplore.ch
Matthias Schuller
Team Leader – Legged Robot
matthias.schuller@epfl-xplore.ch
Yasmin Ben Rahhal
Team Leader – AI
yasmin.benrahhal@epfl-xplore.ch
XRC Coaches
Loic Delineau
Coach XRC
xrc@epfl-xplore.ch