Space Experts

Swati Gupta

Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems EngineeringGeorgia Tech - College of Engineering

Gupta's research focuses on optimization, machine learning, and bias and fairness within the AI sphere.

Maya Wilson-Sanchez

Curator, Writer, and ResearcherC Magazine, OCAD University

Maya Wilson-Sanchez is a curator and writer based in Toronto.

Bruce Armitage

Professor and Co-DirectorCarnegie Mellon University

Bruce Armitage’s current research interests include the use of PNA for sequence-specific recognition of DNA and RNA.

Nicholas Z. Muller

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Nicholas Muller works at the intersection of environmental policy and economics.

Dr. Mark Ware

Chief Medical OfficerCanopy Growth

Dr. Ware leads Canopy Growth’s medical division, Spectrum Therapeutics including research towards the development of cannabinoid medicines.

Michael Prietula

Professor Emeritus in Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Prashant Mali

PresidentCyber Law Consulting

Cyber Law, Cyber Security & Privacy Law Expert Speaker

Isabella Velicogna

Professor, Earth System Science, Physical Sciences Associate Dean Graduate Studies, Equity and InclusionUC Irvine

Isabella Velicogna is a Professor of Earth System Sciences and a Faculty Part time at NASA/Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow

Professor of History and Public Policy and Director of Faculty Research, Institute for Social Science ResearchUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Libby Sharrow examines the ways public policy has shaped understandings of gender, race, sexuality, disability and class in U.S. politics.

Alexander MacDonald

Director - Emerging Space OfficeNASA

Alexander MacDonald is recognized as an expert on the economic history of American space exploration.