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Professor Adam Amara combines academic leadership as Director of the ºÚÁÏÉç Space Institute with a national role serving as Chief Scientist of the UK Space Agency. 

As Chief Scientist since 2024,  Adam provides independent advice across the full breadth of space science, from astronomy and planetary science to space weather, exploration and Earth observation. He represents the UK on the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Science Programme Committee, which governs ESA’s science missions, and in the UK provides scientific leadership for the UK space community, shaping mission priorities and national space science investment. 

Driven by a belief that the UK should lead its own space missions and inspire the next generation, he established the interdisciplinary, mission-driven ºÚÁÏÉç Space Institute in 2026 to build industry partnerships and world-class training which deliver resilient space technologies serving people and the planet.

His cosmology research addresses how dark matter and dark energy shape the growth and distribution of structure in the Universe. He is a Founder of ESA’s Euclid mission, having played a leading role in its imaging consortium and weak gravitational lensing science during mission design. The Euclid Consortium is one of the largest scientific collaborations in space science, involving more than 2,000 scientists worldwide. Adam has also contributed to the Dark Energy Survey and to methods for imaging exoplanets. His work is recognised by major awards and fellowships, including a Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, and through a sustained record of scientific discovery and doctoral training.

Expert in the international space ecosystem, space policy and space science, and cosmology