Space Conference Speaker

Ronit Kapur

Student, Duke University

Ronit is an undergraduate student at Duke University studying Physics and Computer Science with concentrations in Astrophysics and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. He twice-interned at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in its Remote Sensing division and founded the first space conference for high school students, Space Summit DC. Ronit is the astrophotography lead of Duke’s Stargazing Devils Astronomy Club and conducts research under the Physics department helping improve dark matter detection with particle accelerators. Over the summer, he is continuing to engage in science policy advocacy and research as part of the university’s DukeEngage program.


Other Conference Speakers at ISDC

Dr. Pascal Lee

Planetary Scientist, Co-founder and Chairman, Mars Institute

01 Lee, Pascal

Dr. Sherry Bell

Dean of Psychology, Kepler Space University

02 Bell, Sherry

Rod Pyle

Ad Astra Editor-in-Chief, Author, Host of "This Week in Space"

03 Pyle, Rod

John Mankins

President, Mankins Space Technology

04 Mankins, John

Nancy C. Wolfson

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

05 Wolfson, Nancy C.

Phil Swan

Director of Infrastructure, The Atlantis Project

06 Swan, Phil

Gary Barnhard

CEO, Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc

07 Barnhard, Gary

Stevan Akerley

Space Ambassadors Program Director National Space Society

08 Akerley, Stevan

Bryce Meyer

NSS Space Ambassador, Space Farms, St Louis Space Frontier

Meyer, Bryce

Madhu Thangavelu

Dept of Astronautical Engineering, Viterbi School

Thangavelu, Madhu

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