Bioastronautics Educators (last updated 16 September 2026)

Bioastronautics - the study and support of life in space

This table is compiled and periodically updated to serve as a focal point for those interested in this broad field of study by providing a list of institutions and faculty who teach (or plan to teach) courses addressing various science and engineering aspects related to human space flight, including colleagues providing perspectives from government and industry. Establishing this forum represents a grass roots-level effort aimed at institutionalizing Bioastronautics as an academic discipline by compiling a comprehensive curriculum framework and connecting the community of educators and students engaged in common relevant topics. It provides useful points of contact for students seeking degree programs in this field of study, as well as for faculty to explore collaborative opportunities and identify relevant promotion/tenure case reviewers.

Slides from a 2017 workshop are posted here and the resultant outline of Bioastronautics curriculum topics is available here.

Contact me (Prof. Emeritus David Klaus/klaus@colorado.edu) with any requests for additions, removals, updates or corrections to this list, or if you have any questions or comments in general about this overall educational endeavor.

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	Academic Affiliation	Department		Faculty	Bioastronautics Courses / Topics (existing and potential)
1	Arizona State University	Thunderbird Business School, Space Exploration Strategies	1	Vanessa Farsadaki	The Business of Space Health
2	Baylor College of Medicine		2	Jonathan Clark
		Space Medicine	3	Jeff Sutton	Intro to Human Space Exploration and Medicine; Topics in Human Space Exploration and Medicine; Space Medicine Research
3	Boise State University		4	Barbara Morgan
			5	Steve Swanson
4	Cal Poly SLO		6	Kira Abercromby	Introduction to Human Spaceflight
5	Carthage College	Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium	7	Kevin Crosby	Intro Astronautics, Space Environment (microgravity focus)
6	Colorado School of Mines		8	Angel Abbud-Madrid	In Situ Resource Utilization
7	Colorado State University	Systems Engineering	9	Steve Simske	Spaceflight and Biological Systems
8	Dartmouth	Geisel School of Medicine	10	Jay Buckey	Life on Mars?
9	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida		11	Sathya Gangadharan	Space Mission Analysis and Design
		Applied Aviation Sciences	12	Pedro Llanos	Satellite & Spacecraft Systems; Intro to Space Navigation; Payloads and Integration; Selected Topics in Space & Aerospace; Space Station Systems & Operations; Introduction to Space Flight; Space Transportation Shuttle; Planetary & Space Exploration
10	FH Aachen - University of Applied Sciences	Aerospace and Automotive Engineering	13	Markus Czupalla	Human Spaceflight (undergrad), Space Exploration Project (grad)
11	George Washington University	Emergency Medicine	14	Claudia Ranniger	Introduction to Human Health in Space (with Mark Shelhamer)
12	Georgia Tech	Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering	15	Koki Ho
			16	Glenn Lightsey
			17	Alvaro Romero-Calvo	Space Systems Design; Low-G Science and Technology; Undergrad Research Opportunities in Propellant Sloshing and Magnetism, Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS)
		School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Physics	18	Thomas Orlando	ISRU, Radiation Protection, Carcinogenesis and Space Suits
13	Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology	Chemistry	19	KG Sreejalekshmi	Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS)
14	International Institute for Astronautical Sciences	Space Medicine Group	20	Shawna Pandya	EVA 102: Space Medicine, MSc in Bioastronautics with concentration in IVA or EVA suit evaluation
			21	Jason Reimuller	Bioastronautics Certificates
15	ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France	DCAS (Design and Operation of Aerospace Vehicles Department)	22	Stephanie Lizy-Destrez	Introduction to Human Spaceflight, Mission Analysis and Space mechanics, Introduction to Space Systems, Space Systems Design, Architecture of human rated space vehicles, EVA, Rendezvous, Human Factors and Performance in Critical Environments: Application to human spaceflight challenges, and MDRS missions
			23	Vsevolod Peysakhovich
			24	Angelique Rissons
16	Johns Hopkins University		25	Mark Shelhamer	Humans in Space
17	King's College London	Aerospace Medicine and Physiology Research Group, Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences	26	Tom Smith	Space Physiology and Health MSc (final year; will end Aug 2020); Human and Applied Physiology MSc; aerospace module; ISSET Mission Discovery outreach programme
			27	Ross Pollock	PGDip / MSc in Aerospace Medicine, Extreme physiology BSc module
			28	Peter Hodkinson	PGDip / MSc in Aerospace Medicine; EASA aviation medicine course (space medicine lecture); Planned reciprocal contributions with Cranfield University Astronautics and Space Engineering MSc
18	KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden		29	Christer Fuglesang	Human Spaceflight and Human Spaceflight - An Introduction (offered also in condensed form as a MOOC on the edX platform)
19	MIT	Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics	30	Olivier de Weck
			31	Jeff Hoffman
		Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Harvard-MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology	32	Dava Newman	Aerospace Biomedical Engineering, EVA, Life Support Systems Engineering, Space Policy, Human Space Exploration
		Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics and IMES	33	Chuck Oman
			34	Lonnie Petersen
		Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics	35	Mike Fincke
20	North Carolina State University		36	Imara Perera
21	Penn State		37	Jim Pawelczyk
22	Purdue University	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	38	Steven Collicott	Low-gravity fluid dynamics
		Agricultural & Biological Engineering	39	D. Marshall Porterfield	Space Biology and Medicine
23	Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia	Space Technology	40	Rowena Christiansen (see also Univ. of Melbourne below)	Humans in Space
24	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne	STI (Sciences et Techniques de lIngenieur)	41	Claude Nicollier	Space Mission Design and Operations (not limited to Human Spaceflight, includes one section of interplanetary mission design)
25	Technical University of Munich	Human Spaceflight Technology	42	Gisela Detrell	Human Spaceflight, Life Support Systems
26	Texas A&M University	Aerospace Engineering, Bioastronautics and Human Performance Laboratory	43	Ana Diaz Artiles	Human Performance in Aerospace Environments, Design of Experiments and Statistical Methods
		Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Human Systems Laboratory	44	Bonnie J. Dunbar	Bioastronautics
		Aerospace Engineering, AeroSpace Technology, Research & Operations (ASTRO lab)	45	Greg Chamitoff	Human Spaceflight Operations, Space Systems Design, Space Systems Engineering (Senior Capstone Design)
		Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Architecture and Knowledge (SEAK) lab	46	Daniel Selva	Space Systems Design, Space Systems Engineering (Senior Capstone Design)
		Aerospace Engineering, Systems Analysis and Functional Evaluation (SAFE) lab	47	Nancy Currie-Gregg	Human Factors Engineering for Aerospace Environments; Human Error and Resilient System Design; Quantitative Risk Analysis
27	University of Bristol	Professor of Space Systems Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering	48	Lucy Berthoud	module on human spaceflight
28	University of California Davis	Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering	49	Steve Robinson	Spacecraft Engineering and Space Mission Design (undergrad); Spacecraft Engineering for Human Spaceflight (grad); (Aerospace Failures in Human Spaceflight)
			50	Rich Whittle	Spacecraft Engineering and Space Mission Design (undergrad); Human spaceflight physiology (grad); Statistical methods (grad)
			51	Sanjay Joshi	Humans in Space (in development)
			52	Zhaodan Kong	Humans in Space (in development)
29	University of Central Florida College of Medicine	Aerospace Medicine	53	Michael Schmidt	Precision Medicine in Spaceflight; Multi-Scale Omics in Spaceflight; Human Performance; Biomedical drivers of space architecture
30	University of Colorado Boulder	Aerospace Engineering Sciences	54	Allison Hayman (nee Anderson)	Space Life Sciences, Extravehicular Activity, Medicine in Space and Surface Environments
			55	Torin Clark	Human Operation of Aerospace Vehicles, Space Habitat Design, Space Life Sciences, Space Habitat Design
			56	Dave Klaus (Emeritus)	Space Habitat Design, Space Life Sciences
			57	Jim Nabity	Spacecraft Life Support Systems, Grad Projects: ECLSS
			58	Katya Arquilla	Space Life Sciences
		BioServe / Aerospace	59	Louis Stodieck (Emeritus)	Gravitational and Space Sciences
31	University of Hawaii at Manoa	Mechanical Engineering	60	Trevor Sorensen	Human Spaceflight
32	University of Maryland	Aerospace Engineering	61	Dave Akin	Space Human Factors and Life Support (grad); Space Systems Design (senior capstone)
33	University of Melbourne Medical School		62	Rowena Christiansen (see also Swinburne Univ.)	Human Health in the Space Environment
34	University of Michigan	Climate and Space Sciences & Engineering	63	Nilton Renno
		Industrial and Operations Engineering	64	Leia Stirling	Human Systems Engineering, Human Factors in Space Operations
		Aerospace Engineering	65	Aaron Johnson	Intro to Bioastronautics course and a Graduate Certificate
		Aerospace Engineering	66	Oliver Jia-Richards	Intro to Bioastronautics course and a Graduate Certificate
35	University of Minnesota	Design, Housing and Apparel, cross-listed with Human Factors and Ergonomics Program	67	Brad Holschuh	Human Factors in Design, and a future course in Principles and Practice of Wearable Technology
			68	Lucy Dunne	Functional Clothing Design (NASA collaboration)
36	University of North Dakota		69	James Casler
			70	Pablo de Leon	space suits and planetary habitats
37	University of Nottingham		71	Chantal Cappelletti
38	University of Pittsburgh	Center for Space Biomedicine	72	Afshin Beheshti	Global Certificate in Space Biomedicine
39	University of South Florida	Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	73	Stephanie Carey	Intro to Bioastronautics course and related Sr. Capstone projects
40	University of Southern California	Astronautical Engineering	74	Garrett Reisman	Human Factors of Spacecraft Operations, Engineering Principles for Human Spaceflight (Space Physiology, Life Support Systems), Human Spaceflight (survey course)
41	University of Stuttgart	Department of Aerospace Engineering	75	Claas Olthoff	Space Stations - Design and Utilization, Human Space Exploration, Life Support Systems and In-Situ Utilization
		ESA	76	Reinhold Ewald	Astronaut Training, EVA, Exploration, Analogs, Subsystems, Regenerative ECLSS, Soyuz flight dynamics, Summer Space Station Design Workshop
42	University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston	Division of Aerospace Medicine	77	Ronak Shah	ACGME Accredited Residency in Aerospace Medicine, Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine, MS in Aerospace Medicine (open to a variety of multidisciplinary specialties)
			78	Amy Kreykes
			79	John Marshall
			80	Tarah Castleberry
			81	Natacha Chough
43	University of Virginia		82	Kathy Thornton
44	University of Wisconsin-Madison	BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine	83	Daniel Buckland
45	UTHealth Houston	Department of Emergency Medicine, Space Medicine Section	84	Kris Lehnhardt	Space Medicine Fellowship (for physicians), Space Medicine scholarly concentration (for medical students)
46	Wichita State University	College of Innovation and Design	85	Ryan Amick	Technology development, materials science, NASA/DoD/Industry student design challenges
	Industry, Government or Other	Expertise		Point of Contact	Bioastronautics Education Interest
1	Draper Lab		1	Annika Rollock	Space Habitat Design, human factors, bioregenerative life support systems, human performance
			2	Kevin Duda
2	ESA		3	Pedro Duque
3	FAA	Aerospace Medicine	4	Melchor Antunano	Aerospace Medicine & Aerospace Human Factors
4	InnovaSpace Space without Borders, UK		5	Marlise Araujo dos Santos	Space Pharmacology (Kings College London), Pharmaceuticals in Space (potential)
5	J4 Insights, LLC / NASA JSC	Human research and EVA programs	6	Jennifer Mindock	Systems engineering, crew health and performance
6	Jaguar Space, LLC		7	Luis Zea	In-space R&D and manufacturing
7	NASA JSC	Human Health and Performance	8	Ryan Amick	Lunar/Mars Habitability and EVA, Human Factors, Human-Systems Integration
8	NASA JSC	NASA Human Health and Performance Directorate	9	Judith Hayes	Space Medicine Clerkship and the Space Life Sciences Summer Institute - includes lectures, demonstrations and tours related to the following areas: Human Factors, Space Physiology, Behavioral Health, Vehicle/Habitat Environmental Considerations, Space Medicine, EVA Physiology, Anthropometry & Biomechanics, Space Architecture, Space Nutrition and Food, Radiation, Countermeasures, Analogs, Human System Risks, and more with respect to LEO, Lunar, and Mars missions
9	NASA JSC		10	Karina Marshall-Goebel
10	NASA KSC		11	Jeff Smith
11	Retired: Paragon Space Development Corporation, Board Member	Life Support In Extreme Environments	12	Grant A. Anderson	Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Human Factors, Physiological effects of spaceflight, Epigenetic, Spacecraft Design, Thermal systems, biological systems
12	Sovaris Aerospace		13	Michael Schmidt (see also UCF College of Medicine)	Precision Medicine in Spaceflight; Multi-Scale Omics in Spaceflight; Human Performance; Biomedical drivers of space architecture
13	Spaceflight Institute		14	Stephanie Lizy-Destrez	Human Factors and Performance in Critical Environments (3 days), Human Spaceflight Certificate (6 months), Astronaut training (scheduled for 2027)
			15	Ugo Bonnet-Lorente
14	unaffiliated		16	Wendy Lawrence