GERNOT GROEMER

Gernot Groemer is the Director of the Austrian Space Forum. He holds a PhD in exploration astrobiology from the University of Innsbruck, and is an alumnus of the International Space University. He serves in various scientific advisory boards and has been teaching since 20 years (human) spaceflight and astrobiology at universities.

So far, Dr. Groemer managed 15 Mars expedition simulations, including e.g. to the Dhofar desert in Oman, the Northern Sahara, the Israeli Negev desert and 2024 in the Caucasus region as well as the World’s Biggest Analog project combining 16 habitats for a global synchronized Mars/Moon simulation

He serves as an analog astronaut at the Austrian Space Forum and manages the AMADEE Mars analog program of the Austrian Space Forum.

Dr. Groemer was the Austrian Space Forum project manager for the ADLER cubesats detecting space debris in Low Earth Orbit.