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Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker Series 1/15/20

Moonshot Launcher Yonatan Winetraub

SpaceIL co-founder Yonatan Winetraub will share insights from his experience with the Beresheet lander and discuss how it has helped engage students in STEM.

Join them Wednesday, January 15 from 6:30PM to 8:30PM at UCI Beall Applied Innovation, 5270 California Avenue, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92697-7700.

Yonatan Winetraub has spoken about space technology and radical shifts in the space industry to audiences all over the world and has been featured in the Forbes Israel 30 Under 30 list and the Globes Magazine 40 Under 40 list. In addition, he participated in an International Space University program exploring the creation of Martian colonies. Winetraub earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering and studied computational neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. In addition to his work with SpaceIL, he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in biophysics and a Bio-X Bowes Fellow at Stanford University.

About The Chancellor's Distinguished Speakers Series

Launched in 1999 by then-Chancellor Ralph Cicerone, the Chancellor's Distinguished Speakers Series brings to campus eminent scholars and public figures who are active change-makers and leaders in today’s world. These luminaries share their insights, expertise and ideas at on-campus lectures and seminars open to the public and UCI faculty, staff and students.

Please register here to attend.

Thanks to UCI Beall Applied Innovation at the Cove for offering this local startup event, the details, and the graphic!