People

Theresa Fisher

Astrobiologist / Planetary Scientist

Kate Geneveive

Art Science / Cultural Ecologist

Andjelka B. Kovačević

Astrophysicist / Astronomer

Will Scobie

Artist / Illustrator

Diana Solano-Oropeza

SETI ECR / Game Facilitator

Edward Males

SETI ECR / Game Facilitator

Tessa Fisher is an astrobiologist and researcher at Arizona State University. Her area of interest is the use of atmospheric chemical reaction network topology as a potential biosignature for exoplanets, and for the intersection between astrobiology and complex systems science more generally. She has also made (admittedly small) contributions to the proposed NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory space telescope and is a long-time member of the SETI ECR network, the Order of the Octopus. When she’s not doing science, her hobbies include burlesque, running, singing in her city’s LGBTQ women’s chorus, and writing science fiction and fantasy (some of which has even been professionally published!). She currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona with her wife, along with an aloof bearded dragon, and a very vocal rescue cat. To find out more, check her out at www.tessafisher.com, or on Bluesky @tessafisher.bsky.social. 

Kate Genevieve is an artist-researcher and Adjunct Researcher at Pūtaiao ki te Pāpori / the School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. She leads Cosmoimaginaries with the Astro Ecologies Institute and develops projects on space futures, SETI and planetary imaginaries in the Second Space Age, including All Worlds, All Times and Te Wānanga o Hina. Building on more than two decades of creative practice, her recent PhD develops an ecological approach to communication and cosmos. Since 2023, she has served on the organising committee of the SETI Post-Detection Hub at St Andrews. The Hub’s co-authored NASA DARES white paper offers an introduction to the network’s work on readiness and discovery as process: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11587. She is also a poet and directs the art studio chroma.space. Socials on TikTok, YouTube or Mastodon @kategenevieve@mastodon.social.

Andjelka Kovačević: Full Professor of Astronomy, and a prominent astrophysicist from the University of Belgrade’s Department of Astronomy and the President of the National Committee for Astronomy in Serbia. Her expertise is in time-domain and multimessenger astrophysics of active galactic nuclei (AGN), supermassive black hole binaries, and deep learning for astronomical data analysis. Author of 150+ peer-reviewed publications. Supervisor of 2 PhD students. Extensive experience in participation and management of Horizon Europe projects, Erasmus Mundus joint degree programs, COST Actions. Participant in Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time and an active member of the SETI Post-Detection Hub at the University of St Andrews.  Andjelka is actively involved in the development of competitive proposals for next-generation  astronomical facilities, and a keen explorer of creative and groundbreaking methodologies in astrophysics.