Leadership


Our Founding team encompasses leaders, researchers, and faculty designing the curriculum and courses of the first academic programs dedicated to making life multi-planetary. Our team builds upon decades of in-depth experience in science, engineering, Mars, Venus, space technology, and exploration.

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Co-founder, MPU

Founder, Mars Foundation

Bruce Mackenzie
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Co-founder and Chairman,

MPU

Kolemann Lutz

Founding Faculty

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Jonathon Clarke, PhD

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Faculty, Mars Geology Professor,

Swinburne University

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Dr. Daniel Tompkins

Faculty, Agriculture Founder, GrowMars

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Ilaria Cinelli, PhD

Faculty, Human Factors

President, Aerospace Human Factors Association 

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Graham Lau, PhD

Faculty, Mars Astrobiology

Research Scientist, Blue Marble

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Terry Trevino, MSc

Co-Founder, Space4All, Aerospace Scientist

Board Advisors

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Terry Rector

Senior Project Leader, The Aerospace Corporation

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Edward Gonzales

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lead, NASA

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Siddharth Pandey, PhD

Head, Centre of Excellence in Astrobiology,  Amity University

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David Smyth

Director of Flight Software,

Honey Bee Robotics

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Robert Zubrin, PhD

Founder, Mars Society

President, Pioneer Astronautics

Graduate & Postdoc Researchers

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Matthew Lehmitz

Astrobiology, Astrobotany, Researcher, Plantsat

Region: Utah, USA

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Roy Yaniv, PhD

Research Scientist, MarsU

Space and Atmosphere

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Sara Sabry

Mechanical & Biomedical Engineer, Analog Astronaut

Region: Germany

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Benjy Sedano

Cyanobacteria, 

astrobiology, geomicrobiology

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Fernando Ayape Alonso, MSc

Space Systems, Surface Technology and Deployment

Region: Spain

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Raissa Camelo

Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning development

Region: Brazil

Staff & Ambassadors

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Abhishek Diggewadi

Executive Officer - International Affairs

Skills: Space Systems, IT, Electronics

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Raksha Kammandore Ravi, MSc

Region: Australia and India
Skills: Computer Science and Automation 

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Camilo Andres Reyes, M.S.

Region: Colombia
Skills: Engineering, Marketing, ISU Master Student in Satellite Technology

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Khushbu Patel

Region: India

 Aerospace Engineer at Relativity Space

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