Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund
President
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
Research Professor, Space Policy Institute/George Washington University
Pascale Ehrenfreund is the President of the Committee on Space research COSPAR and Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs at the Space Policy Institute/George Washington University in Washington DC. She is also the President of the International Space University and serves in the Board of Directors of the Space Foundation. She is member of the Global Future Council on Space of the World Economic Forum and the JPL Advisory Council. Since three decades she contributed as Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator and Teamleader to ESA and NASA astronomy and planetary missions as well as experiments in low Earth orbit and on the International Space Station. Pascale Ehrenfreund was the President of the International Astronautical Federation (2019-2022), the Chair of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) (2015-2020) and the President of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (2013-2015). Pascale Ehrenfreund is enlisted in the Stanford World Ranking Top 2% Scientists 2022 and holds a Master degree in Molecular Biology, a PhD in Astrophysics, and a Master degree in Management & Leadership. The asteroid “9826 Ehrenfreund 2114 T-3” bears her name.
Related Videos
Symposium: Space Jobs Offer Opportunity to Boost Nations
Originally aired: April 20, 2023