Sritharan Thirumalai Kumaran is a doctoral researcher at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at UCL. His research interests are in transforming space operations through circular economy strategies, space debris in low Earth orbit, life cycle assessment for space segments, and re-entry pollution caused by satellites. His Ph.D. research focuses on transforming space operations through a circular approach for sustainability purposes. Sritharan's research is supported by Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC and UCL's International Scholars Award for Doctoral Training (ISAD). He holds a Master of Science degree in spacecraft engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute and a Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from the Amrita School of Engineering. Before starting his Ph.D. at UCL, he worked as a space systems engineer for a European Mars rover startup funded by the European Space Agency.
Sritharan Thirumalai Kumaran is a doctoral researcher at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at UCL. His research interests are in transforming space operations through circular economy strategies, space debris in low Earth orbit, life cycle assessment for space segments, and re-entry pollution caused by satellites. His Ph.D. research focuses on transforming space operations through a circular approach for sustainability purposes. Sritharan's research is supported by Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC and UCL's International Scholars Award for Doctoral Training (ISAD). He holds a Master of Science degree in spacecraft engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute and a Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from the Amrita School of Engineering. Before starting his Ph.D. at UCL, he worked as a space systems engineer for a European Mars rover startup funded by the European Space Agency.