Biography	Dr Mamatha Maheshwarappa is the Head of Research & Development within Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE) at the UK Space Agency. In her role, she is responsible for directing and overseeing the R&D activities for the Office and ensuring the OCE continue to deliver technical evidence to provide thought leadership at a range of national and international forums. Previously, as a Payload Systems Lead, she provided technical leadership on various UK Space Agency programmes and projects, by offering technical oversight/assurance. At RAL Space, she was the technical lead on SPEQTRE (Space Photon Entanglement Quantum Technology Readiness Experiment) satellite project. Mamatha has worked on transceivers for ExoMars and Lunar Polar Sample Return projects while at QinetiQ. She has a PhD in Software Defined Radios for Multi-Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey, UK. Mamatha is the co-chair of the Women in Aerospace-Europe (WIA-E) UK Regional Network representing UK Space Agency.
Company/Affiliation	UK Space Agency
Areas of Expertise	Communications, Space Systems Engineering, Sustainability, Government
Available for	Conference Panels, Keynote Presentations, Journalist questions, Radio media appearances, TV media appearances
Qualifications	PGCert in Management and Leadership PhD in Software Defined Radio (SDR) Architecture for Multi-Satellite Reception MSc in Space Technology and Planetary Exploration BEng in Electronics and Communications
Publications/Appearances	https://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=m63S9EgAAAAJ&hl=da
How to contact	LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamathamaheshwarappa/
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