THE
MINDS
A constellation of bold thinkers, visionaries, innovators and boundary-pushers. From astrophysics to life sciences to robotics, we are experts in a diverse array of fields necessary for the future of space exploration.
Executive Team
Bryan Lyandvert
American venture capitalist, a prominent investor at MetaProp Ventures, and Managing Partner at T-Bird Capital
John Grunsfeld, Ph.D.
Chief Strategy Officer; Former astronaut and Head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate
Board of Directors
Frank H. Laukien
Founder, Copernicus Space Corporation | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR)
Abraham (Avi) Loeb
Founder, Copernicus Space Corporation | Frank B. Baird Jr Professor of Science at Harvard University | New York Times bestselling author
Dr. Pete Worden
(Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret., PhD)
Former Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center
John Grunsfeld, Ph.D.
Chief Strategy Officer; Former astronaut and Head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate
Strategic & Scientific Advisory Board (SSAB)
Dimitar Sasselov:
Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University;
Founding Director Harvard Origins of Life Initiative;
Chair SSAB
France Córdova:
President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance;
Former Director of NSF
Giovanni Fazio:
Senior Physicist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Garry Nolan:
Professor in Pathology at Stanford School of Medicine;
Pioneer in spatial biology
Chris Voigt:
JD, senior marketing executive;
Former VP of Marketing Development at the International Olympic Committee
John Sutherland:
Group Leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College; visiting Professor at Harvard
George Church:
Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School
Core Faculty Wyss Institute
Paul Davies:
Professor/Director of Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University
Zac Manchester:
Assistant Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University;
Pioneer of gram-scale ChipSats
Cumrun Vafa:
Professor in the Harvard Physics Department;
World-leading authority in string theory and its applications to astrophysics
Stephen Wolfram:
Creator of Mathematica, Wolfram | Alpha and Wolfram Language Founder and CEO of Wolfram Research