SPACE - Key Persons
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- Senior Member of Technical Staff at MDA Robotics and Automation Working on Control Systems for Space and Medical Robots
Expertise:
Robotics, control systems, planetary rovers, micro-satellites
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- Staff Engineer, Guidance, Navigation, and Control, MDA Robotics and Automation
Expertise:
Planetary rover technology, particularly autonomous traverses. Automated planning and autonomous execution for Canadarm3
Independent Consultant on Space Security and Space Law; Former Executive Director of the McGill Center for Research in Air and Space Law; Former Executive Director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law
Expertise:
Space Law, Space Defence and Security, International Law, Law of Armed Conflict
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- Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, on
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- Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric
Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Curator, Meteorite Collection; Director, Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology; University of Alberta
Expertise:
Planetary geology, astromaterials, meteorites, curation methods, sample return, Mars, asteroids, comets
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- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Dr. Christina Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science at York University, member of the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) Science Operations Team, and new Juno Participating Scientist.
Expertise:
Solar System planetary bodies, Planetary atmospheres, Mars, Pluto, Titan, Jupiter
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- Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, on
Expertise:
The History of Space Exploration, How Satellites Help us Manage the Environment, Space Policy
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- Member of Technical Staff
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- Science Advisor at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Expertise:
Science communication, Quasars, Spectroscopy
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- Senior Curator, Royal Ontario Museum and Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Expertise:
Planetary geology, mineralogy, astromaterials, meteorites, curation methods, sample return, Mars
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- Research Engineer ( Department of Earth Sciences ), Adjunct Professor ( Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ), University of Western Ontario
Expertise:
Orbital mechanics, space mission analysis and design, planetary exploration
Dr. Michael Bazzocchi
Research Coordinator at University of Toronto's Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Executive on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Space Society, Founder and President of the Trek for Teens Foundation
Expertise:
Asteroid Science and Engineering, Orbital Dynamics and Control, Spacecraft Formation, Orbital Debris Removal, Space Robotics, and Space Systems
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- Coordinator, Institute for Research on Exoplanets ( Université De Montréal )
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- Education and Public Outreach Coordinator, Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, Western University
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- President & CEO, Mission Control Space Services
Expertise:
Mission operations, space robotics, space systems engineering, entrepreneurship, innovation, STEM outreach
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- Student, President of the Geoscience Graduate Society
PhD Student, President of the Geoscience Graduate Society, and Gradcast Committee Member, Department Earth Sciences, Center for Planetary Science and Exploration, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Expertise:
Impact melt produced by impact cratering processes, and the diverse surface roughness of lava flows.
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- Carswell Chair for the Public Understanding of Astronomy, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University
Expertise:
Astronomy, space exploration, astronomy and space history.
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- Entrepreneur & Planetarium Presenter, Astronomy in Action
Expertise:
Extragalactic Star Formation, Education (schools), Public Education