Science Field: Astronomy

Kristine Jane Atienza is an analog astronaut and registered nutritionist-dietitian with the Space Generation Advisory Council. She has participated in a number of studies about how nutrition affects astronaut physiology and psychology for analog missions such as Asclepios, CHILL-ICE, and LunAres.

Hillary Diane Andales is a passionate science communicator and incoming PhD student at the University of Chicago. Her current work explores the formation of neighboring ultra-faint dwarf galaxies using computer simulations.

Mark Ivan Ugalino is a PhD researcher in Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park. For his current project, Mark is exploring how magnetic fields grow in Milky Way-type galaxies and investigating its effect on stellar formation, galaxy morphology and cosmic ray transport.

Marielle graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from UP Baguio and a Master’s degree in Astronomy at Taiwan’s National Central University where she hunted trans-Neptunian objects using the Hyper Suprime Cam.

Aldrin Gabuya is a resident astronomer of the Al Sadeem Astronomy Observatory in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He contributes sunspot count data, astrometry and photometry of variable stars, asteroids and comets and is also in charge of the observatory’s educational activities, including astrophotography, workshops and planetarium shows.