Members

SPAN operates an open membership to its working groups. Please contact info@span.ac.uk to join one of the working groups. Membership of the SPAN board is outlined in the Terms of Reference for SPAN. The board comprises of the Chair of SPAN, the Chairs of each of the Working Groups, representatives of universities contributing to the funding of SPAN, and representatives of UKSA, government fund laboratories and UKRI.

SPAN Board Members

Professor Mark Sims, Chair of SPAN

Professor in Astrobiology and Space Instrumentation

Professor Kate Robson-Brown, Co-Chair of SPAN

Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mathematics; Professor of Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology; Director of the Jean Golding Institute, Jean Golding Institute

Dr Matthew Middleton

Chair of the Space Science and Exploration Working Group Associate Professor Astronomy, School of Physics and Astronomy Vice President of the Royal Astronomical Society (A)

Professor Stephen Hobbs

Chair of the Engineering and Technology Working Group Professor of Space Sensing and Systems Director, Cranfield Space Research Centre, Cranfield University

Dr Nic Walton

Chair of the Data and Analysis Working Group University of Cambridge

Dr Anna Hogg

Chair of the Earth Observation Working Group University of Leeds

Dr John Coxon

Deputy Lead of the Space Science and Exploration Working Group STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow at Northumbria University.

TBC

Chair of Space and Society Working Group

Latest News |

06 September 2024

ELGRA Symposium 2024

The SPAN team were delighted to be partnering at the 28th Biennial ELGRA 2024 Conference, which took taking place from the 3-6 September in Liverpool, UK.

August News

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Farnborough International Air Show (FIA) 2024

The SPAN team were in Farnborough for the International Air Show which had a dedicated Space Zone providing ample opportunities for meeting up with SPAN members, industry peers, Space Command, UK Space Agency, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade.