Ariel Ekblaw: podcast appearances and interviews

Ariel Caitlyn Ekblaw is an American aerospace architect and astronautical engineer. She specializes in designing space architecture and has contributed to the development of modular, self-assembling space habitats. In 2016, she founded the Space Exploration Initiative at the MIT Media Lab and has served as its director since 2020. Ekblaw is also the CEO and co-founder of Aurelia Institute, a firm focused on space habitats, which was established in 2021. She earned her PhD from MIT, where her doctoral thesis detailed a design called TESSERAE, or Tessellated Electromagnetic Space Structures for the Exploration of Reconfigurable, Adaptive Environments. Her work integrates innovative concepts for space environment adaptability and modularity, aiming to advance the construction of sustainable space habitats for future exploration. Through her roles, Ekblaw continues to contribute to the fields of space architecture and exploration technology.