Collaborations between European and Chinese research groups has a long tradition and within the Insight-HXMT and eXTP programs have led to outstanding progress in high-energy astrophysics. 

Insight-HXMT has delivered notable results in the X-rays, including detailed studies of accretion processes in X-ray binaries, pulsar emission behavior, and magnetar activity, demonstrating its enormous value for timing and spectral investigations. The mission continues to provide a growing archive that supports ongoing research and multi-mission comparative studies. 

A large Sino-European collaboration has strengthened the international cooperation in higher education energy astrophysics and broadened the scientific foundation in preparation for eXTP. The forthcoming eXTP mission is expected to have a groundbreaking impact in our understanding of the extreme universe through its combined timing, spectroscopy, and polarimetry capabilities, enabling precise studies of dense matter, strong-field gravity, and extreme magnetic environments. European scientists are actively engaged in studies related to eXTP, providing some hardware elements, and contributing significantly to the definition of the scientific case, to simulations and background estimation, to the preparation of the data analysis framework, and, above all, to academic exchanges that are essential for training the next generation of Chinese and European astrophysicists.

Andrea SANTANGELO教授是图宾根大学天文与天体物理研究所高能天体物理学教授、高能天体物理部主任，并担任开普勒天体与粒子物理中心发言人。他于巴勒莫大学攻读物理学，后在意大利国家研究委员会和哥伦比亚大学专攻天体物理学。作为高能天体物理领域的领军人物，其研究涵盖从X射线到超高能宇宙射线的广泛领域。他曾在并仍在多项大型科学任务中发挥关键作用，包括BeppoSAX、INTEGRAL、XMM-Newton、eROSITA、ATHENA、eXTP和THESEUS等空间项目，同时主导甚高能伽马射线天文台（HESS、CTA）的研究工作。除实验活动外，他专注于恒星演化终末阶段、暗物质及TeV辐射源研究，发表约800篇经同行评审的论文。荣获2010年布鲁诺·罗西奖，与HESS合作组共同获得2007年欧盟笛卡尔奖，2009年获日本理化学研究所杰出科学家访问基金，2016年与2021年两度获中国科学院国际人才计划奖学金。2025年受聘为复旦大学荣誉学者。作为悉心育人的导师，Andrea Santangelo教授指导约150篇学位论文（含本科、硕士及博士论文）并推动历代学生学术成长。

Prof. Andrea SANTANGELO is Professor of High Energy Astrophysics and Director of the High Energy Section at the University of Tübingen’s Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He serves as Spokesperson of the Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics. He studied Physics at the University of Palermo and specialized in Astrophysics at Italy’s National Research Council and Columbia University. A leading figure in high energy astrophysics, his research spans X-rays to ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. He has played and still plays key roles in major missions like BeppoSAX, INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton, eROSITA, ATHENA, eXTP, and THESEUS, and leads research for TeV observatories (HESS, CTA). Beside, experimental activities, his work focuses on endpoints of stellar evolution, dark matter, and TeV emitters, with ~800 refereed publications. Honors include the Bruno Rossi Prize (2010) and the EU Descartes Prize (2007) with the HESS Collaboration, a RIKEN Grant (2009) for visiting distinguished scientist, and two Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowships (2016, 2021). He has been appointed as Fudan University Scholar for 2025. A dedicated mentor, Prof. Santangelo takes particular pride in having supervised approximately 150 research theses (Bachelor, Master and PhD levels), guiding different generations of students through their academic development.