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Siddharth originally hails from Mumbai, India. He has worked on sample collection technologies on Mars, Venus and Icy moon missions. He has hardware development, systems engineering and project management experience working on Space Biology experiments flown to the International Space Station and upcoming ISRO PS-4 Orbital Platform. Siddharth has institution-building and project management experience, including leading high altitude Mars analog field expeditions in India. Siddharth is passionate about Space and Climate study advocacy and popularization. He has lived and worked in India, Netherlands, US and Australia.
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University of New South Wales in Canberra, Australia, 2018
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 2014
B.Tech. Aerospace Engineering, Amity University, 2010
2019-2022: Head, Center of Excellence in Astrobiology, Amity University Mumbai
2012-2014: Student Researcher, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
2010-2011 Project Engineer, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, India
Sample Collection and Transfer
Multibody Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Thermal Fluid Analysis
Microgravity Hardware Design, Development and Testing
Mission Formulation
NASA Ames Technology Transfer Team Award 2017
National Space Society Australia Award 2017
International Astronautics Federation Emerging Space Leader Award 2015
NASA Spaceflight Awareness Team Award 2014