from left: I\u00f1igo Mu\u00f1oz Elorza, Stefan Dobrovolny, Carmen K\u00f6hler, Kartik Kumar, Jo\u00e3o Lousada (c) OeWF (Daniela Humml)<\/p><\/div>\n

Stefan Dobrovolny<\/strong>, 25, from Leoben, Austria studies medicine. In his spare time, he volunteers at the Austrian Red Cross as a senior emergency medic and at the Austrian Mountain Rescue Service. Here, he is not only responsible for medical training and medical equipment but he is also a trained deployment leader. Stefan Dobrovolny is fluent in English and has basic knowledge of Spanish and Swedish.
\nThe candidate from Germany, Karmen K\u00f6hler<\/strong>, 35, studied mathematics and meteorology and completed her PhD magna cum laude. She is currently a researcher at the German weather service in Offenbach, Germany. Since 2014, she has attended a mediation course in constructive conflict management and intercultural communication. Karmen K\u00f6hler is fluent in English and has basic knowledge of French.
\nKartik Kumar<\/strong>, 30, from the Netherlands studied aerospace technology, completed his master’s degree in the same subject cum laude and not only received the award “TU Delft Aerospace Engineering Best Graduate 2008” but is also recognized with an award from the Dutch National Aeronautical Society: “NvVL Best Graduate 2008.\u201d He is currently working on the development of strategies for the monitoring and removal of space debris within the framework of the European project \u201cStardust.\u201d Kartik Kumar is fluent in Dutch, English and Tamil and has good knowledge of Italian, Spanish, French and German.
\nJoao Lousada<\/strong>, 26, from Portugal studied aerospace engineering. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Victoria in Canada. He currently works at OHB System AG in Bremen, Germany on the Meteosat Third Generation Project of the European Space Agency (ESA). Joao Lousada is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish and has a good knowledge of German and French.
\nI\u00f1igo Mu\u00f1oz Elorza<\/strong>, 36, from Spain studied economics in Karlsruhe, Germany and then aerospace engineering in Madrid, Spain. He worked at EUSOC in Madrid, Spain on the preparation and
\nimplementation of real time operations for several experiments which were carried on board the Columbus Module of the International Space Station (ISS). Currently he is employed at the German Aeronautics and Space Research Center (DLR) within the framework of the European Galileo Satellite Navigation System. I\u00f1igo Mu\u00f1oz Elorza is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian and German.<\/p>\n

About the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF)<\/strong>
\nThe OeWF is an Austrian network for space flight experts and those interested in space, in cooperation with national and international research institutes, industry partners and policy frameworks. The OeWF completes research in the area of space activities, continues to develop one out of five experimental Mars spacesuits in the world and carries out professional simulations of manned missions to Mars.<\/p>\n