Stella Tkatchova

Stella Tkatchova's passion for space exploration started from her early childhood in Sofia, Bulgaria. She works as a project manager in the European Space Industry. She previously worked as project manager on long-term research innovation projects for the European Commission (EC) and R&D Technology engineer at the European Space Agency(ESA). She was awarded a PhD by the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU-Delft and also holds an MSS degree, from ISU. Several years ago she founded and was the editor of the International Journal of Space Technology Management & Innovation (IJSTMI).

She enjoys writing books and articles, expressing her personal views about space technology commercialization. As she believes that commercialization of space-based technologies will lead to new ideas, cost-effective transportation services and the development of key enabling technologies that will make future interplanetary exploration possible.