Paul Baki is a Professor of Physics and Director of the School of Physical Sciences at the Technical University of Kenya. His special interests are space physics, astronomy, and astrophysics. He is a Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences (KNAS); a Committee Member of the International Science Council (ISC) Regional Office for Africa; a Member of the International Network of Government Science Advice (INGSA); a Member of Expert Group C (Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities) of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS); and a Member of the African Union Working Group on African Space Policy & Space Strategy. His first degree was in Physics and Mathematics (1992), and he has higher degrees in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, all from the University of Nairobi.