Our team
An interdisciplinary team of professionals in science, technology, education and innovation.
Leadership, Advisory Board and Patron
Alan Finkel AC PhD
Patron
Special Adviser to the Australian Government on Low Emissions Technologies Chair, Australia’s Low Emissions Technology Investment Advisory Council Chair, Stile Education.
Lauren Fell
Project Lead and Outreach Coordinator
Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), recipient of multiple NASA design challenges, and Andy Thomas Space Foundation Research Award.
Brigadier (Ret) Gary Hogan AM, CSC
Director and Industry Advisor
Professor of Business Analytics University of Newcastle, former Director-General of Scientific and Technical Analysis Department of Defence.
Caitlin Byrt
Science Advisor
ARC Future Fellow, Associate Professor Research School of Biology, Australian National University (ANU).
Veena Nair
Education Advisor
Head of Technology, STEAM Project Leader, Viewbank College, 2022 Prime Minister's Prize recipient for Excellence in Science Teaching.
Madhu Thangavelu
Mission Advisor
Conductor, Department of Astronautical Engineering; Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Southern California; Author, “The Moon”.
Professor Martin Bean CBE
Outreach and Education Advisor
Chief Executive Officer, The Bean Centre Pty Ltd; Former Vice-Chancellor of RMIT.
Chris McKay
Lunar Plant Growth Advisor
NASA Ames Research Center, recipient of the 2019 National Space Grant Distinguished Service Award, the 2015 Nevada Medal, and 2012 NASA Presidential Rank Award.
Simon Barak
Lead, Plant Biology Team
Associate Professor, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University.
Tien Huynh
Plant Biologist
Senior Lecturer, School of Science, RMIT University.
Aaron Fait
Biochemistry Expert
Full Professor, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, expert in plant biochemistry and plant metabolomics.
Brett Williams
Resurrection Plant Expert
Senior Lecturer (Plant Science) School of Biology and Environmental Science QUT, Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy.
Anne Visscher
Seed Biologist
Research Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Expertise in understanding (global) diversity of seed traits involved in dormancy and survival of (extreme) environmental conditions (both natural and ex situ) on Earth and in space.
Brajesh Singh
Soil Biology Expert
Distinguished Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia. An expert of plant-microbial interactiosn and microbial ecology.
Ademola Emmanuel Adetunji
Seed Technology Expert
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Plant Stress Lab, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town.
Graham Dorrington
Engineering Lead and Founder
Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Aeronautical engineering.
Glenn Matthews
Technical Co-Lead
Senior Lecturer Discipline of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, RMIT University
Samuel Ippolito
Technical Co-Lead
Senior Lecturer School of Engineering, RMIT University
Elizabeth Kyriakou
Engineer
Program Manager Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) (Honours), Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) RMIT University, Honorary Medical Physicist Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Gary Rosengarten
Engineer
Professor Research and Innovation Capability RMIT University, ECP Director, Sustainable Technologies and Systems.
Raj Das
Engineer
Professor of Aerospace Structures; Theme Leader, Simulation & Modelling, Centre for Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace Engineering and Aviation.
Everson Kandare
Engineer
Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering and Aviation, School of Engineering, RMIT University
Arthur Georgalas
Industrial Designer
Educator, RMIT University.
Makushla Harper
Student
Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours), RMIT University
Keagan Howell
Student
Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours), RMIT University
Maximillian O’Brien
Student
Industrial Design Student, RMIT.
