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- Christine Escobar
Vice President at Space Lab Technologies, LLC from United States · Boulder, CO
Christine co-founded Space Lab® in 2016, with the mission of advancing human space exploration through research and technology development. She is a space habitat systems engineer with expertise in space agriculture, ecology, bioastronautics, information systems, and robust design for quality engineering. Christine is passionate about sustainable, Earth independent solutions for human space exploration. As Space Lab’s Vice President, she leads business administration and development, and quality assurance, with over 10 years of experience managing engineering teams in the space industry. She manages several R&D projects, including µG-LilyPond™ - a floating plant production system for microgravity, MarsOasis® - a hydroponic Martian greenhouse, PHILM™ - regenerative CO2 control for plant habitats, and EcoMine™ - bioregenerative mineral mining from Lunar regolith. She conducts space botany research and is currently investigating duckweed (family Lemnaceae) for use as a nutritious space crop. Christine conducts PhD research in the robust design of controlled ecological life support systems at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is co-founder and director of the Propagule Space Ecology Institute, and co-organizer of the Space Ecology Workshop (www.spaceecologyworkshop.com). - Christophe Auriant
Business Development Manager at Ouest Valorisation from France · Nantes
Ouest Valorisation is a Technology Transfer Acceleration Company. Our mission is to add value to technological breakthroughs generated by public research laboratories in Western France area (Bretagne & Pays de la Loire), and to provide industrial partners with innovative resources. We finance and assist technologies until they are adapted by industrial companies, taking on technological and financial risk inherent to the projects. We enable companies to access these inventions in a quicker way to convert them into innovative products. We play a full role in creating value. www.ouest-valorisation.fr - Christopher Pflaum
Venture Analyst at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey from United States
Chris holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Genetics and Biotechnology-Genomics, respectively. Since 2012, he has been a part of Rutgers Office of Research Commercialization’s New Ventures group, focusing on promoting and supporting Rutgers technology-based startups. As a Venture Analyst, he works with start-ups at all stages, from opportunity evaluation and company formation, through product launch and business development. His capabilities include: market analysis, customer discovery, informed business model design, intellectual property strategies in resource-limited environments and leveraging government and foundational grants to support early startup activities. - Christos-Moritz LoukasI am a postdoctoral associate at the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (INN) of NCSR “Demokritos”. I have a comprehensive background in environmental biology, having spent 10 years to study and conduct relevant research at the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). During this time and as part of the NOC’s Ocean Technology and Engineering Group, I also acquired 6 years of experience in microfluidic technology and analytical system development for RNA-based detection of harmful microorganisms in water samples. Upon becoming a member of the INN at NCSR “Demokritos”, I continued developing microfluidic analytical systems and expanded my skills for the detection of pathogenic bacteria in food samples using various molecular tools (PCR, LAMP, NASBA). I have worked extensively in multidisciplinary environments and have substantial experience performing in successful interdisciplinary collaborations (Ikerlan-IK4, Spain; DTU Nanotech, Denmark; EV Group E.,Austria) for the implementation and/or completion of European projects (LABONFOIL and LoveFood2Market).