About us

In its 25th anniversary year, the MSS Program at the International Space University in Strasbourg France, brought together graduate students from many countries with training in different disciplines to study space. During this time, two team projects were completed, with one being the Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe.

This team of 21 people, represented by 17 countries, started to investigate the topic of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It was perhaps the first time that this number of graduate students formed a team for such a large quest. The team was composed of professionals with expertise in many disciplines, including engineering, science, law, and management.

Meet the team

Mirandah Ackley
United States
Avner Bendheim
United States - Israel
Johan Bertrand
France
Aelyn Chong Castro
Mexico
Erika Crowley
Canada
Ankita Das
India
Kavindi De Silva
Sri Lanka
Altynay Demeubayeva
Kazakhstan
Sahba El-Shawa
Canada - Jordan
Ezequiel Gonzalez
Argentina - Spain
Simon Jenner
Australia
Kush Sharma
India
Fiona McAllister
United Kingdom - South Korea
Federico Rondoni
Italy
Giuliana Rotola
Italy
Pranjal Samarth
India
Mirela Souza de Abreu
Brasil - Italy
Jo Ann Vaiphei
India
Charlotte Van Camp
Belgium
Sarah Watson
United Kingdom
Qingchao Xie
China