Summary

Passionate about space, currently Director of Space Training Operations at Blue Abyss, proposing new approaches for astronaut training. Previously Visiting Professor and Scientific Adviser at the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, on microgravity research for parabolic flights and Chinese Space Station. Also previously, Senior Physicist-Engineer at the European Space Research and Technology Centre, European Space Agency, developing scientific instruments for microgravity research on the International Space Station and coordinating ESA aircraft parabolic flight campaigns. Logged more than 7380 parabolas, equivalent to 39h34m of weightlessness or 26 Earth orbits. ESA Astronaut Candidate, selected by Belgium, trained as a Payload Specialist at NASA-JSC and participated in three Mars mission simulations.