Dr Meganne Christian is a member of the European Space Agency astronaut reserve and Senior Exploration Manager (Commercial) at the UK Space Agency, advising on human and robotic spaceflight in the post-ISS landscape. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a PhD in Industrial Chemistry from the University of New South Wales. She was previously a materials science researcher at the National Research Council of Italy, developing graphene-based materials for energy and space applications. She has also undertaken two missions, including a winter-over, to Concordia Station in Antarctica, where she was in charge of atmospheric physics and meteorology observatories.