The Future of Space in New Zealand

Dr Yvette Perrott completed her PhD in Astrophysics at Cambridge University and is now a Rutherford Discovery Fellow at Victoria University, studying clusters of galaxies in the radio waveband.

Dr Duncan Steel has worked in space research for forty years in the US, Europe, Australia and NZ; minor planet (4713) Steel is named for him.

Mike is the team leader for space policy in the New Zealand Space Agency. He has previously worked in several agencies across the New Zealand Government, focusing on international and security policy. He has also taught in the international relations department at Victoria University.

Vaishnavi Anand is the outreach manager of the New Zealand Students' Space Association and studies biomedical science at Victoria University of Wellington. Last year, she won the World Standards Day Competition 2018 for her entry on using satellites to measure greenhouse gas emissions.

Eric Dahlstrom is the co-founder of SpaceBase, supporting space entrepreneurs in New Zealand. He is an astronomer and space engineer and worked on space station design for NASA.

Lillian Pak is an active volunteer with the NZ Astrobiology Network (NZAN) and has worked on their space programmes such Synergies in Space and Spaceward Bound and has worked to organise public talks and school visits with space scientists from organisations such as NASA, ESA, and Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research.