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Dr. Humberto Campins is an international expert on asteroids, especially those that can threaten Earth with an impact. He is Pegasus Professor of Physics and Astronomy and head of the Planetary Science group at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He was a 2021-2022 Jefferson Science Fellow and served as science advisor at the US State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He is a member of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, which delivered the asteroid sample back to Earth in 2023. He also works on European Space Agency projects, including the Euclid, Gaia and Hera missions.
