Elisabetta Lamboglia is a senior professional with extensive expertise in space systems, programmatic, and International Relations. Remarkably, already at the age of 23 she completed her first professional experience in the Aviation sector, at 26 she participated to the UNISAT-4 launch campaign at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and shortly thereafter, she first joined ESTEC, the European Space Technological Center of the European Space Agency (ESA). MSc in Astronautic Engineering, earned with the highest honours, Elisabetta embarked on a journey at the International Space University at the NASA Ames Research Centre in 2009, where she made significant contributions to the Disaster Risk Evaluation and Management (DREAM) project for The World Bank Group. After a working experience in the Marine and Off-Shore Industry, her unwavering enthusiasm for exploring our Planet Earth led her to take on the role of external officer for the Earth Observation hyperspectral PRISMA project of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) in 2013, and in 2015, she pursued a postgraduate degree in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Elisabetta serves as mentor and influential advocate for women in STEM fields, both in Italy and throughout Europe. Elisabetta has led various endeavours related to the ESA Climate and Sustainability strategy, such as the evaluation of GHG emitted and avoided by Space Systems and the Decarbonisation of the European Space Sector. Today she manages the ESA cost engineering service to the Earth Observation projects. Currently Ph.D candidate in geo information at ''Tor Vergata'', her core research in Remote Sensing focuses on sustainability and post-disasters monitoring.
