Kathiravan Thangavel is a Postdoc Research Fellow at Khalifa University, and previously, he worked as a research fellow at Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence and Aerospace Centre, RMIT University. He completed PhD from RMIT's Cyber-Physical and Autonomous System Research Group, and SmartSat CRC and the Andy Thomas Space Foundation funded his research. He graduated from Anna University in Chennai, India, with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering. He then pursued a master's in Aerospace Engineering at Rome's La Sapienza University. He has a couple of other master's degrees in Law and management. Kathiravan completed the International Space University Space Studies Program 2019. He is excited about research in space and the potential of exploring space to benefit humanity. His key areas of interest are Climate Change, Cyber Security, Distributed Space Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Trusted Autonomy, Earth Observation, Space Domain Awareness, Multi Domain Traffic Management, Thermomechanical Analysis, Trusted Autonomous Satellite Operations, and Space Policy.
