Natasha Nicholson
Director (Star Helix)
Star Helix / Mass Balance
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
My organisation
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.
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
Sustainable bioregenerative closed-loop systems and novel biomaterials are key to unlocking long-term space habitation and travel, could your technology be the answer?