Space Conference Speaker

Jane Shevtsov is a systems ecologist, a NIAC fellow, and co-founder of the Propagule Space Ecology Institute. She earned a PhD from the University of Georgia in 2012, focusing on the analysis of ecological networks. She then helped develop a groundbreaking mathematical biology curriculum at UCLA, where she teaches, and co-authored the textbook Modeling Life. In 2021, she led a NIAC-funded project on the use of fungi to make soil for space habitats. In 2023, she co-founded the Propagule Space Ecology Institute to carry out R&D on bioregenerative life support and apply ecological principles to their design.