Dr Taiwo Tejumola is an Assistant Professor of space systems engineering at the International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, France. In this role, he teaches and researches innovative and need-tailored applications on Earth using space systems with associated terrestrial infrastructures. He is also the discipline lead for the Space Systems Engineering discipline of ISU’s Interdisciplinary MSc in Space Studies program.
Before joining ISU, he was a Research Associate at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, where he worked on designing, developing and operating small satellites. He has held other research and academic roles in space systems engineering at the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and the Federal University of Technology, Akure, in Nigeria.
Dr Taiwo has a BEng degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and an MSc and PhD in Space Systems Engineering, both from the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan. His research and professional interests include small satellites payload development, plasma science, space systems engineering, project management, and vigorously pursuing diversity and inclusion in the space industry for the underrepresented. Dr Taiwo has authored numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals.