Family: Married Malkah Sadeh; two children

Education: BS, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder; Masters in International Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; PhD, Political Science, Colorado State University

Career: Eligar Sadeh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota where he directs the Space Policy track for the Department. Sadeh also serves as a Research Associate with the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University. Dr Sadeh has developed graduate level courses in Space Politics and Policy, Public Administration of Space Technology, Space Law, and Space and the Environment. He has also advised graduate students on various research projects ranging from Mars Base System Architectures, Human Adaptation to Microgravity, International Space Law, and International Space Cooperation. From 1997–2001 Dr Sadeh served as Program Manager of the Center for Engineering Infrastructure and Sciences in Space at Colorado State University. He worked for four years in the aerospace industry as a Systems Engineer with Lockheed-Martin Space Systems Astronautics Operations. In this position, he integrated space system architectures related to NASA space programs. From 1996–2001 Dr Sadeh was a University Instructor at Colorado State University, Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Political Science, and the University of Colorado, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering where he taught space-related courses and seminars. He also coordinated a graduate-level Space Engineering and Space Sciences Seminar for the NASA Space Grant College Program. Dr Sadeh actively participates within the Astronautical community and serves on the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Colonization Technical Committee, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Moon-Mars Committee, and the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Space and Education Committee. He also directs the AIAA Dr Willy Z. Sadeh Graduate Student Award in Space Engineering and Space Sciences. Eligar Sadeh is President of Astroconsulting International and Editor of the journal Astropolitics: The International Journal of Space Politics and Policy (see url below).

Publications include: Space Politics and Policy: An Evolutionary Perspective 2002; numerous articles in professional journals papers in the areas of space infrastructure development, space life sciences, and space policy

Contact details: Address: Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Clifford Hall Room 512, 4149 University Avenue Stop 9008, Grand Forks, ND 58202; Address: Astroconsulting International, 830 East Cache, La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA; Tel: +1 701-777-2480; Fax: +1 701-777-3711; Email: sadeh@space.edu ; Email: esadeh@gmail.com ; Website: http://www.space.edu/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14777622.asp/ .