Clayton Jacobs

Chief Engineer

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Jeremiah Pate

Chief Executive Officer

Jeremiah is the founder and CEO of Lunasonde. In 2020, Jeremiah was a recipient of Forbes 30 under 30 in Manufacturing and Industry. Prior to Lunasonde, he attended the University of Arizona and researched the molecular biophysics of Parkinson’s disease at the University of Pennsylvania. Asteroid 34104 Jeremiahpate is named in honor of his research.

Edith Cariaso

Operations Manager

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Tristan Prejean

Director of Space Ops

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Dr. Max P. Cooper

Geoscientist

Max is a Geoscientist with a background in studying dissolution physics through simulation, field work, experiment, and imaging techniques (e.g., 3D scanning and computed tomography.) At Lunasonde he designs the science objectives for missions, simulates the physics related to to missions, performs analyses on raw and processed data, and creates visualizations of signal and geospatial data. He also aids in high level payload design and electrical engineering for data acquisition.

David Quinn

System Administrator

David has served in the military for 9 years. SEC+, CEH, and Splunk certified. Currently has an Associate's in Russian Language and Studies. He is going to Arizona State University for a Bachelors in Computer Science with specialization in Cyber Security. He is the Current System Administrator for Lunasonde.

Steven Elias

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

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Kregg Castillo

Electrical Engineer

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Samarth Singh

Electrical Engineer

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Kai Soriano

Mechanical Engineer Intern

Shazaib is a student at the University of California, Berkeley studying Aerospace Engineering. He is an engineer for the university’s competition rocketry team STAR (Space Technologies and Rocketry) in which he focuses on airframe design and structural analysis.At Lunasonde, he assists in data analysis using Matlab as well as the mechanical design and testing of satellite technology.

Kai Soriano

Signal Processing Engineer Intern

Kai studies Physics at the University of Arizona. His research interest is mainly in physics education, where he dives deep into the effects of so-called seductive details in online science communication. At Lunasonde, he helps with coding in Python for data analysis, creative projects, and site installation projects.