IBioIC's 11th Annual Conference

12–13 Mar 2025 | Glasgow, United Kingdom

Natasha Nicholson

Director (Star Helix)

Star Helix / Mass Balance

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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About me

Natasha has a PhD in Physics (Astrobiology), a diverse academic background in the arts and sciences, and a professional background consisting of multidisciplinary collaboration facilitation between academia, industry, and public bodies, primarily in the fields of Space, Health and Energy. Founding Star Helix with her two co-directors in 2023, they created the first human spaceflight R&D company in Scotland, developing components for life-support systems and spacesuits, and acting as a conduit to take terrestrially proven technology into the human spaceflight market.

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Interests

  • Human spaceflight
  • life support systems
  • Space Applications
  • algae
  • Biomaterials

Speaker sessions (1)

Thursday, 13 March 2025

11:00 - 12:00

WORKSHOP: Biotech in Space: Supporting Life with Life

Location:Main Auditorium, Level 2 (Ground floor)Track:Workshop

Sustainable bioregenerative closed-loop systems and novel biomaterials are key to unlocking long-term space habitation and travel, could your technology be the answer?