birth_place nationality name work_institutions birth_date thesis_url alma_mater image article_title birth_name thesis_title
manor park , london british matt taylor european space agency 1973 http://ethos.bl.uk/orderdetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342232 university -lrb- phd -rrb- of liverpool -lrb- bsc -rrb- imperial college london matt taylor esa rosetta.jpg matt taylor -lrb- scientist -rrb-
 matthew graham george thaddeus taylor mhd modelling of space plasmas
matt taylor -lrb- scientist -rrb-

matthew graham george thaddeus taylor -lrb- born 1973 -rrb- is a british astrophysicist employed by the european space agency .
he is best known to the public for his involvement in the landing on comet 67p/churyumov -- gerasimenko by the `` rosetta '' mission -lrb- european space agency -rrb- 's `` philae '' lander , which was the first spacecraft to land on a comet nucleus .
he is project scientist of the `` rosetta '' mission .
