Siddharth Pandey is a Space Engineer and Astrobiologist, formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA JPL where he worked on developing sample collection technologies for Mars, Venus, and Icy Moon missions. He currently serves as Space Systems Engineer and Strategic Partnerships Lead (Asia Pacific) at Fugro SpAARC, based in Perth, Australia. He is Vice President of Mars Society Australia where he has been helping run Mars-focused outreach activities in Australia. He is the Director of Protoplanet, building space analog research capacity in India, leading the development of Himalayan Outpost for Planetary Exploration (HOPE) in Ladakh. He has more than 12 years experience in helping build astrobiology research and outreach collaborations across India and internationally.
