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General questions, support, and feedback:

Space Institute Director:

Chris Ruf

Chris Ruf
U-M Space Institute Director

U-M Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

U-M Space Institute
2455 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Phone: (734) 764-6561

Executive Committee

Faculty Members

Mike Barger

Mike Barger
U-M Ross School of Business

Professor of Business Administration
Executive Director of Ross Online

Mauricio Galizia

Mauricio Galizia
U-M Medical School

Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Radiology

Mirko Gamba

Mirko Gamba
U-M College of Engineering

Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Lori Snyder

Lori Ploutz-Snyder
U-M School of Kinesiology

Professor and Dean, School of Kinesiology

Tifani Sadek

Tifani Sadek
Michigan Law School

Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Law and Mobility Program

Ex Officio Members

Donald Moore

Donald Moore
U-M Space Institute Director of Strategic Relations

Founder and CEO, Space Finance Company

paschke

Michael Paschke
U-M Space Institute Advisor

Co-Founder, Michigan Space Medicine

Space Institute Liaisons:

CLASP Prof. Brian Gilchrist

Brian Gilchrist
Director of the Leinweber Space Innovation Laboratory 

U-M Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
U-M Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Bringing faculty and students together to formulate new space projects into realistic ideas, actual designs, and submitted proposals.

Susan T. Lepri

Susan Lepri
Director of the Space Physics Research Laboratory

U-M Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Coordinating professional engineering for space hardware projects

Mark Moldwin

Mark Moldwin
Director of the Michigan Space Grant Consortium

U-M Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Connecting the Space Institute with MSGC

Space Institute Communications:

Melissa Hang

Melissa Hang
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

U-M Space Institute

Providing marketing support for the Space Institute

Melissa Priebe

Melissa Priebe
Manager of Marketing and Communications

U-M Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

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