Space Explr

Yulia Akisheva is an aerospace engineer by training currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Protective Use of Regolith for Planetary and Lunar Exploration or PURPLE in short. This Ph.D. is supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), TRAD Tests & Radiations, and ISAE-SUPAERO under the ESA OSIP collaboration platform. Yulia has a continually growing passion for human spaceflight. Since over a decade ago, she knew she wanted to work on putting that first human boot on Mars so she invested in her academic background. Yulia has three Master’s degrees from top European universities, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and ISAE-SUPAERO in France. She specialized in Aerospace Structures and Materials, Design and Operation of Space Systems, and Sciences of the Mechanics of Materials and Structures. Besides Mars exploration, Yulia is strongly interested in fostering international cooperation and outreach about space. She contributes to building a more diverse and inclusive aerospace sector as a volunteer at Space Generation Advisory Council, and you can find Yulia’s TEDx called “To Mars together: 5 reasons to explore the Red Planet” on youtube.

Arun is a young space professional who is deeply passionate about Outer Space. He's associated with a prominent space tech startup in India and his area of interest includes strategy, policy, and the market dynamics of the space sector. He is a recipient of one of the highest presidential awards in India bestowed for creativity in scientific innovation and has been invited to present his views on space exploration at multiple international forums. His passion for space comes from years of engaging with the public through Astronomy outreaches and envisions a world where the development of society is driven through the advances of space Technologies.

Mariam Naseem is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science working on science communication projects and is also collaborating on Ocean Worlds research with a scientist at NASA Goddard. She has a global and multi-disciplinary background, having worked as a commercial space consultant, as a technology strategist in the Enterprise Innovation team at one of the largest banks in Canada, as a field engineer on an oil rig in Russia, a manufacturing engineer in a Product Development center in Texas and as a business development manager for a Toronto-based Quantum computing startup. She serves as National Point of Contact for Canada at the Space Generation Advisory Council, as coordinator for the Next Generation Plenary at the International Astronautical Federation’s Workforce Development and Young Professionals Programme Committee, and as a SEDS-Canada Advisory Board member.

Space and medical scientist-engineer-inventor that values interdisciplinary and diverse team environments, educational outreach, and encouraging communication of STEAM. Experiences include supporting, developing, and leading projects in the areas of physiology, immunology, and medicine (e.g. spaceflight, clinical pathology, aging, exercise & nutrition, etc.), engineering (e.g. rocket & space systems, microgravity experimentation, nanotechnology, etc.), to translate micro- to macro-scale research concepts and questions into real-life applications. Actively engaged in local, state, national, and international programs encouraging our human space exploration endeavors.

Josiah had his first degree in Physics at the premier University in Nigeria, the University of Ibadan. He is also starting his Masters's program in Space Science and Astronomy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka this Ado-Ekiti. There he taught and demonstrated Basic Physics experiments to first-year students. He has loved Astronomy for a long time, but his future in astronomy got a clear picture after he met with a community of young people who are also passionate about astronomy at the Pan Africa School for Emerging astronomers. Together with some alumni of the school, he has formed an Astronomy community club with the aim of creating a critical mass of astronomers in Nigeria.

Leszek Orzechowski is an architect and founder of Space is More - a space architecture company that also runs LunAres Research Station - a European analog habitat. Leszek is an enthusiastic science advocate with hundreds of lectures presented to the public and an award-winning designer. His group created a number of scientific reports on the future manned Moon and Mars's missions presented during international competitions and conferences. Space is More was a part of a winning team in ESA Moon Challenge for a report on returning to the Moon in the next decade and a finalist of NASA 3d-Printed Habitat Challenge phase 1 from 2015. The team won multiple architectural awards for mars bases colonies including Marsception (2018) and Mars Colony Design Competition (2019). Currently, Leszek is leading operations and conducting research at LunAres Research Station. LunAres is an analog habitat created to study medical and psychological aspects of isolation during simulated planetary missions. From its beginning, in 2017 a total number of 13 diverse teams conducted isolation missions inside the habitat.

Prof. Julio F. D. Rezende is a pioneer in Brazil promoting quality education related to Space, Sustainability, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math on Mars, identifying some possible solutions to be applied in arid and semiarid regions, verifying issues related to the operation of self-sustaining habitats. His interest is related to sustainability and space. Rezende is Bachelor of Management and Psychology, master and Ph.D. in Sustainability (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN), and post-doc in the University of Central Florida- UCF (Orlando-Florida). Julio Rezende has published more than 10 books about sustainability and innovation. Teaches in the Industrial Engineering in UFRN, is coordinator of space analog station HABITAT MARTE, innovation director of FAPERN, and councilor in CFA. Performs lectures in different countries about sustainability, innovation, and management in English and Spanish.

Kartik is a co-founder at satsearch, an ESA startup building a global, online, B2B marketplace for the space industry. Kartik is passionate about driving commercial growth of the space sector by opening it us to buyers and suppliers all over the world. He is an Aerospace Engineer and Planetary Scientist, with degrees from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Space philosopher and small entrepreneur, Adriano V. Autino is president and co-founder of Space Renaissance International (SRI) 2008 - 2021. SRI, as a not-for-profit cultural association, promotes the expansion of civilization into outer space. Diplomed in Industrial Electronics, Adriano studied Computer Science at the University of Torino (Italia). He served as a software engineer at Honeywell Information Systems Italia and project manager in Sysdata CAP Gemini. He founded Andromeda s.r.l., dealing industrial automation and system engineering, real-time and hard real-time systems for aerospace, infrastructures, industry. He founded the web magazine Technologies of the Frontier. Published many articles and papers, on the subject of Astronautic Humanism and Civilization expansion into outer space, collaborating with many space activists worldwide. Adriano personally created and manages several Space Renaissance's websites. He also published many articles and papers, and several books, including: “A greater world is possible!”, “La Terra non è malata: è incinta”, both available on Amazon. Extended cv and publications.

Dr. Ayman Ahmed is working in the Egyptian space program for 18 years and holds a bachelor of Communication Engineering, is an MSc in Satellite Engineering, has a Ph.D. in communications Engineering in Satellite Imaging Systems, postdoctoral research in small satellite tests. He has experience working with high-speed computer systems for satellites, hyperspectral space imaging systems, the use of artificial intelligence systems and technologies onboard satellites, development of integrated satellite systems, satellite constellations. He has research experience in satellite imaging systems and participated in 6 projects related to space and satellite technologies, most notably team lead to produce the first Egyptian satellite computer and head of the research team to develop the first Egyptian-made Nanosatellite satellite. The patent in the field of improving the performance of electronic systems in the space environment, in addition to 28 types of research international and local conferences and magazines in the field of space and satellites. He is a member of international organizations, like the Space Generation Advisory Council for Egypt and the Middle East. Member of the African union space Working Group on the Development of the African Space. Policy and Strategy - African Union. North Africa Coordinator for Earth observation Group.