“The reason I want to explore beyond Earth is simple: The allure of the unknown is far more powerful than the comfort of the known.” – Dr Adriana Marais, theoretical physicist, technologist and aspiring extraterrestrial.
Dr Adriana Marais has a background in research, her PhD and postdoctoral work in quantum biology focused on photosynthesis and the origins of the building blocks of life in space. She is currently developing a blockchain-based economic system for extreme and resource-constrained environments towards a second PhD.
Adriana is currently a Director at the Foundation for Space Development Africa, developing Africa’s first mission to the Moon, the Africa2Moon Project. She is the Scientific Moderator on Space Resources with the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator, and Chair of Space Sciences at Tod’Aérs Aeronautics and Space Research. She is also Faculty at the Singularity University and Duke Corporate Education.
In 2019, Adriana founded Proudly Human, and she is currently leading the organization’s Off-World Project: a series of off-grid habitation experiments in the most extreme environments on the planet, in preparation for life on the Moon, Mars and beyond, as well as a more sustainable future on Earth.
