Moriba Jah — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Named a MacArthur Fellow in 2022
Full Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin since 2024
Co-founded Privateer Space x Orbital Insight, GaiaVerse, and Moriba Jah Universal
Specializes in orbit determination and prediction, space situational awareness, and space traffic monitoring
Previously worked as a spacecraft navigator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, involved in Mars missions
Selected as a TED Fellow and is a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society and Royal Astronomical Society

Biography

Moriba Kemessia Jah is an American space scientist and aerospace engineer, currently serving as a full Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, a position he attained in 2024. Describing himself as a "space environmentalist," Jah is dedicated to finding solutions for accumulating space debris.