Dr․ Rodrigo Leonardi

Bio

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Dr. Rodrigo Leonardi graduated in Mathematics from the University of Brasília in 1999 and earned his Ph.D. in Astrophysics at the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in 2006. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Physics of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States, from 2007 to 2009.
Currently, Dr. Leonardi is a Director and Deputy President of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) and played a leading role in the working group that prepared the current edition of the Brazilian Program of Space Activities 2022–2031. During his career at the AEB, he served as Research, Development, and Innovation Coordinator from 2017 to 2020, and as Satellite and Applications Coordinator from 2020 to 2023.
He has contributed to numerous initiatives and projects at both national and international levels, working in close collaboration with the academic community, industry, and government. He has received international recognition for his contributions to the ESA Planck mission, including the prestigious Gruber Prize for Cosmology and three awards from NASA.
Dr. Leonardi has also played an active role in organizing several national and international events of significance in the space sector and is a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics.