Alumni Speakers

  • Frank White

    Author of The Overview Effect and President of Human Space Program

  • Ashley Kowalski

    Project Leader in The Aerospace Corporation’s International Partnerships Department

  • Gernot Groemer

    Director of the Austrian Space Forum

  • Kai Staats

    Researcher in the space sciences. Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM)

  • Dr Sian Proctor

    Geoscientist, explorer, space artist, science communication specialist and SpaceX Inspiration4 mission pilot

  • Mounir Alafrangy

    Commercial innovation manager and technology Lead for the International Space Station (ISS)

  • Bernd Zabel

    Former project manager of Biosphere 2 construction for the two-acre sealed experimental system

  • Katya Echazarreta

    Citizen Astronaut selected by Space for Humanity, electrical engineer and science communicator

  • Emily Peyser

    Patent Attorney at the firm of Polsinelli PC

  • Sandra Herrmann

    Marine Laboratory Specialist at the International Ocean Discovery Program

  • Elliot Roth

    Founder of Spira

  • Dr. Shannon Rupert

    Senior Director of Analog Research for The Mars Society and former director of the Mars Desert Research Station

  • Terry Trevino

    Assistant manager of the American Public University Observatory

  • Melodie Yashar

    Director of Building Design & Performance at ICON

  • Henk B. Rogers

    Blue Planet Alliance

  • Phil Hawes

    Biosphere 2 Architect

  • Sara Sabry

    Citizen Astronaut selected by Space for Humanity, Egyptian Analog Astronaut.

  • Barbara Belvisi

    CEO Interstellar Lab

  • Leszek Orzechowski

    Leszek Orzechowski

    Creator of LunAres Research Station

  • Richelle Gribble

    Richelle Gribble

    Expeditionary Artist

  • Chelsea Gohd

    Chelsea Gohd

    Senior Writer at Space.com

  • Gal Yoffe

    Gal Yoffe

    Capacity building, risk reduction and implementation in complex conditions.

  • Dr Benjamin Pothier

    Dr Benjamin Pothier

    Human factors expert

  • Dr Reut Abramovich

    Dr Reut Abramovich

    Astrobiologist

  • Tim Ellis

    Tim Ellis

    Co-founder and CEO of Relativity Space

  • Rachna Nath

    Rachna Nath

    Innovator and Entrepreneur

  • Marufa Bhuiyan

    Marufa Bhuiyan

    Founder/CEO Everest Innovation Lab LLC

  • Dr. Aidyl Gonzalez- Serricchio

    Dr. Aidyl Gonzalez- Serricchio

    International Institute for Astronautical Science (IIAS) researcher, scientist-astronaut candidate