Bioastronautics Educators (last updated 15 April 2024)

Bioastronautics – the study and support of life in space

This table is compiled (and regularly 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 providing a comprehensive curriculum framework and connecting the community of educators and students engaged in common relevant topics.

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

Contact me (Prof. David Klaus/klaus@colorado.edu) with 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
		Center for Space Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine	4	Kris Lehnhardt
3	Boise State University		5	Barbara Morgan
			6	Steve Swanson
4	Cal Poly SLO		7	Kira Abercromby	Introduction to Human Spaceflight
5	Carthage College	Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium	8	Kevin Crosby	Intro Astronautics, Space Environment (microgravity focus)
6	Colorado School of Mines		9	Angel Abbud-Madrid	In Situ Resource Utilization
7	Colorado State University	Systems Engineering	10	Steve Simske	Spaceflight and Biological Systems
8	Dartmouth	Geisel School of Medicine	11	Jay Buckey	Life on Mars?
9	Duke University	Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Emergency Medicine	12	Dan Buckland
10	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida		13	Sathya Gangadharan	Space Mission Analysis and Design
		Applied Aviation Sciences	14	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
11	FH Aachen – University of Applied Sciences		15	Markus Czupalla	Human Spaceflight & Microgravity Research (undergrad), Space Mission Analysis and Design (grad), Space Utilization and Exploration Project
12	George Washington University	Emergency Medicine	16	Claudia Ranniger	Introduction to Human Health in Space (with Mark Shelhamer)
13	Georgia Tech	Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering	17	Koki Ho
			18	Glenn Lightsey
			19	Álvaro Romero-Calvo	Space Systems Design; Low-G Science and Technology; Undergrad Research Opportunities in Propellant Sloshing and Magnetism
		School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Physics	20	Thomas Orlando	ISRU, Radiation Protection, Carcinogenesis and Space Suits
14	Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology	Chemistry	21	KG Sreejalekshmi	Environmental Control and Life Suport Systems (ECLSS)
15	International Institute for Astronautical Sciences	Space Medicine Group	22	Shawna Pandya	EVA 102: Space Medicine
			23	Jason Reimuller	Bioastronautics Certificates
16	International Space University, Strasbourg France		24	Virginia Wotring	Human Performance in Space
			25	Ken Davidian
17	Johns Hopkins University		26	Mark Shelhamer	(Humans in Space)
			27	Mallika Sarma	Bioastronautics and Space Health Journal Club
18	King’s College London	Aerospace Medicine and Physiology Research Group, Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences	28	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
			29	Ross Pollock	PGDip / MSc in Aerospace Medicine, Extreme physiology BSc module
			30	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
19	KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden		31	Christer Fuglesang	Human Spaceflight and Human Spaceflight - An Introduction (offered also in condensed form as a MOOC on the edX platform)
20	MIT	Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics	32	Olivier de Weck
			33	Jeff Hoffman
		Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Harvard-MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology	34	Dava Newman	Aerospace Biomedical and Life Support Systems Engineering
		Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics and IMES	35	Chuck Oman
			36	Lonnie Petersen
21	North Carolina State University		37	Imara Perera
22	Penn State		38	Jim Pawelczyk
23	Purdue University	Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	39	Steven Collicott	Low-gravity fluid dynamics
		Agricultural & Biological Engineering	40	D. Marshall Porterfield	Space Biology and Medicine
24	Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia	Space Technology	41*	Rowena Christiansen	Humans in Space
25	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne	STI (Sciences et Techniques de l’Ingénieur)	42	Claude Nicollier	Space Mission Design and Operations (not limited to Human Spaceflight, includes one section of interplanetary mission design)
26	Technical University of Munich	Department of Aerospace and Geodesy	43	Ulrich Walter	Human Spaceflight
		Human Spaceflight Technology	44	Gisela Detrell	Human Spaceflight, Life Support Systems
27	Texas A&M University	Aerospace Engineering, Bioastronautics and Human Performance Laboratory	45	Ana Diaz Artiles	Human Performance in Aerospace Environments, Design of Experiments and Statistical Methods
		Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Human Systems Laboratory	46	Bonnie J. Dunbar	Bioastronautics
		Aerospace Engineering, AeroSpace Technology, Research & Operations (ASTRO lab)	47	Greg Chamitoff	Human Spaceflight Operations, Space Systems Design, Space Systems Engineering (Senior Capstone Design)
		Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Architecture and Knowledge (SEAK) lab	48	Daniel Selva	Space Systems Design, Space Systems Engineering (Senior Capstone Design)
		Aerospace Engineering, Systems Analysis and Functional Evaluation (SAFE) lab	49	Nancy Currie-Gregg	Human Factors Engineering for Aerospace Environments; Human Error and Resilient System Design; Quantitative Risk Analysis
28	University of Bristol	Professor of Space Systems Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering	50	Lucy Berthoud	module on human spaceflight
29	University of California Davis	Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering	51	Steve Robinson	Spacecraft Engineering and Space Mission Design (undergrad); Spacecraft Engineering for Human Spaceflight (grad); (Aerospace Failures in Human Spaceflight)
			52	Rich Whittle	Spacecraft Engineering and Space Mission Design (undergrad); Human spaceflight physiology (grad); Statistical methods (grad)
30	University of Colorado Boulder	Aerospace Engineering Sciences	53	Allison Anderson	Space Life Sciences, Extravehicular Activity, Medicine in Space and Surface Environments
			54	Torin Clark	Human Operation of Aerospace Vehicles, Space Habitat Design, Space Life Sciences
			55	Dave Klaus	Space Habitat Design, Space Life Sciences
			56	Jim Nabity	Spacecraft Life Support Systems, Grad Projects: ECLSS
			57	Jim Voss	Intro to Human Spaceflight (undergrad), Grad Projects: Human Spacecraft
			58	Rick Hieb	Grad Projects
			59	Katya Arquilla
		BioServe / Aerospace	60	Tobias Niederwieser	in-space manufacturing, life support systems, payloads and integration, on-orbit research facilities
			61	Louis Stodieck	Gravitational and Space Sciences
31	University of Maryland	Aerospace Engineering	62	Dave Akin	Space Human Factors and Life Support (grad); Space Systems Design (senior capstone)
32	University of Melbourne Medical School	(see also Swinburne Univ.)	41*	Rowena Christiansen	Human Health in the Space Environment
33	University of Michigan	Climate and Space Sciences & Engineering	63	Nilton Renno
		Industrial and Operations Engineering	64	Leia Stirling	Human Systems Engineering
		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
34	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)
35	University of North Dakota		69	James Casler
			70	Pablo de León
36	University of Nottingham		71	Chantal Cappelletti
37	University of South Florida	Mechanical Engineering	72	Stephanie Carey	Intro to Bioastronautics course and related Sr. Capstone projects
38	University of Southern California	Astronautical Engineering	73	Garrett Reisman	Human Factors of Spacecraft Operations, Engineering Principles for Human Spaceflight (Space Physiology, Life Support Systems), Human Spaceflight (survey course)
39	University of Stuttgart / ESA		74	Reinhold Ewald	Astronaut Training, EVA, Exploration, Analogs, Subsystems, Regenerative ECLSS, Soyuz flight dynamics, Summer Space Station Design Workshop
40	University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston		75	Ronak Shah	ACGME Accredited Residency in Aerospace Medicine and Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine
			76	Serena Auñón-Chancellor
			77	Amy Kreykes
			78	Natacha Chough
			79	Rebecca Blue
41	University of Virginia		80	Kathy Thornton
42	US Naval Academy		81	Ken Reightler	Space Environment
	Industry, Government or Other			Point of Contact	Bioastronautics Education Interest
1	Draper Lab		1	Kevin Duda
2	ESA		2	Pedro Duque
3	European Astronaut Centre (and Visiting Senior Lecturer, Aerospace Physiology, King's College London)		3	David Green	Residential Space Medicine & Space Physiology Training Courses; E-learning; Flight Surgeon Cert; Medical Project Internships, Visiting Scientists, Sabbaticals with the ESA Space Medicine Team
4	FAA	Aerospace Medicine	4	Melchor Antunano	Aerospace Medicine & Aerospace Human Factors
5	InnovaSpace Space without Borders, UK		5	Marlise Araujo dos Santos	Space Pharmacology (Kings College London), Pharmaceuticals in Space (potential)
6	J4 Insights, LLC / NASA JSC	Human research and EVA programs	6	Jennifer Mindock	Systems engineering, crew health and performance
7	NASA JSC	Habitability and Human Factors, Human Systems Engineering & Integration	7	Ryan Amick
8	NASA JSC	Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences Division	8	Judith Hayes
9	NASA JSC		9	Karina Marshall-Goebel
10	NASA KSC		10	Jeff Smith
11	Sovaris Aerospace		11	Michael Schmidt	Precision Medicine in Spaceflight; Multi-Scale Omics in Spaceflight; Human Performance
12	unaffiliated		12	Wendy Lawrence
13	Sierra Space		13	Luis Zea	Crewed Space Stations requirements and opportunities