Leadership — Deep Space Food Consortium

CORE TEAM

Representing over five decades of combined experience across government, academia, and the public and private sectors, our team defines the Consortium’s purpose and sets strategic priorities across activities, projects, initiatives, and opportunities.

DANE GOBEL

Co-Founder

ANGELA HERBLET

Operations & Initiatives

RALPH FRITSCHE

Strategy & Development

TOR BLOMQVIST

Architecture, Programs & Policy

ANNIE SHELTON

Science & Research

JACOB SCOCCIMERRA

Business Development

STEPHANIE WAN

Cross-sector Opportunities

NICHOLAS C. FIORENZA

Comms & Community

COUNCIL

The DSFC Council is comprised of experts, innovators and thought-leaders who provide strategic guidance and insight to strengthen the impacts and outcomes of the Consortium’s efforts to ensure opportunities, projects and initiatives are able to scale, integrate and remain mission-relevant.

VICKIE KLOERIS

 Past President Institute of Food Technologists, NASA

JENNIFER FOGARTY

Chief Scientist, Center for Aerospace & Extreme Environments Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

JOHN HOGAN

Life Support Systems Scientist

Former Chief of Bioengineering Branch

NASA Ames

MICHELE PERCHONOK, Ph.D.

Former Human Research Program, Advanced Food Technology Project Manager, NASA

VOLKER HESSEL

Professor at University of Adelaide

CI & Program Lead in ARC Center of Excellence Plants for Space

CHARISSE GREY

DR. AMY M GREGORY

Associate Professor & Endowed Chair Space Tourism

Rosen College of Hospitality Management

University of Central Florida

FLAVIA FAYET-MOORE, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, 
FOODiQ Global

ROBYN GATENS

Former Director of International Space Station and Commercial Space

NASA

ADVISORS

Advisors are a curated group of experts who lead and contribute to working groups and committees, volunteering their time to drive outcomes in their areas of expertise.

SAM CHAPPLE-SOKOL

Senior Editorial Director, Jose Andres Media, Editorial Director, 
World Central Kitchen

CHEF HECTOR CONTRERAS

R&D Chef

Jose Andres Group

JAC COTTEE

Space Health & Performance Researcher, Institute for Space Health & Performance

MADELYN MACROBBIE

Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Michigan Technological University

PARTNERS

FOUNDATIONAL MEMBERS

The Deep Space Food Challenge and Mars to Table are administered in the United States by NASA and the Methuselah Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and the allied partner of NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program

Contact: community@deepspacefood.org