Melissa de Zwart
Melissa de Zwart
University of Adelaide Professor, Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources
Professor de Zwart is Professor, Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources, University of Adelaide.
Professor de Zwart is a leading national and international space lawyer, with experience in both commercial and military use of outer space. She is the Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants 4 Space and has previously served in a number of roles supporting the growth of the space industry in Australia, including Deputy Chair and Director, Space Industry Association of Australia; Member of the Bid Committee for the International Astronautical Congress Sydney 2025; Regional Co-ordinator for the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot and Member of the International Astronautical Federation Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Administrative Committee. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and a Member of the International Institute of Space Law.
Professor de Zwart is a leading national and international space lawyer, with experience in both commercial and military use of outer space. She is the Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants 4 Space and has previously served in a number of roles supporting the growth of the space industry in Australia, including Deputy Chair and Director, Space Industry Association of Australia; Member of the Bid Committee for the International Astronautical Congress Sydney 2025; Regional Co-ordinator for the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot and Member of the International Astronautical Federation Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Administrative Committee. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and a Member of the International Institute of Space Law.
Related Sessions
Re-imagining plant design to enable off-earth habitation and to improve sustainable food production here on earth.
TUE, OCT 17, 2:00 PM
Conference
Announced in November 2022, a new research centre, led by the University of Adelaide, will focus international expertise on finding ways to provide the next generation of space explorers with nutritious foods, and the on-demand supply of materials and medicines. The mission of P4S is to re-imagine plant design and bioresource production, through the lens of space, to enable off-Earth habitation and provide transformative solutions to improve on-Earth sustainability. P4S is a major global collaborative transdisciplinary venture partnering 15 academic institutions, five space agencies and enablers, five Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) companies, six education providers, and seven government and technology partners that collectively harness a global fit-for-purpose critical mass not found elsewhere.
