Oier Peñagaricano-Muñoa was born in San Sebastián, Spain. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 2010 and worked as post-doctoral researcher at University of Colorado and University of Surrey. Since 2016 he has been the director of Alerion, developing autonomous navigation technology for inspection drones. His research interests include astrodynamics, autonomous navigation, and machine learning for aerospace systems.