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Thomas González Roberts is an Assistant Professor at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the director of Georgia Tech’s Engineering Space Policy Laboratory. Utilizing tools from observational astronomy and computational astrodynamics, Dr. Roberts investigates the behavior of Earth-orbiting satellites and aims to understand how various space actors—from superpowers to start-ups—engage in outer space governance. His research interests encompass international coordination, sustainability, and security in space. Dr. Roberts’ work has notably supported the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and the National Science Foundation, earning him recognition through various awards such as the MIT Prize for Open Data and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy’s Prize for Innovation in Global Security. He was featured in Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Science list. Dr. Roberts holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University.
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