Kim ellis hayes

Photo Credit: NASA loading the spacecraft with research & supplies prior to launch. 

Led & designed Regulatory Compliance Program for University research projects launched from the USA to the International Space Station from Australia 8 years.  

Pictured here at the Office for Space Commerce Economic Development Panel at Select USA, with Rocketlab and Embedded Ventures.  Kim has served on multiple panels in the USA for SpaceCom, Space Congress, NASA, the International Space University, 

Kim was selected as an Ambassador  for the NSW Alumni Ambassador Program.   Read more here: https://education.nsw.gov.au/news/latest-news/chatham-high-launchpad-for-space-scientists-dreams

Commercial human spaceflight training expertise for suborbital spaceflight.  Aerobatic & G-force flight conditioning, AGSM practice, space physiology, experimental procedures for upper atmospheric studies including Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere.  Space suit evaluation, hypoxia & physiology training, suborbital simulations, remote sensing & aeronomy, citizen science techniques.  

 An Adjunct Associate Professor and former Visiting Lecturer at International Space University, Kim has thousands of hours of lectures under her hardhat. Her career began as a quality control chemist at BHP Steelworks, followed by roles at Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, before she joined the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation to build pilot plants that proved the feasibility of new mine sites. 

Working for the benefit of students, clients, collaborators and industry advancement, Kim is thrilled to have received some awards for her work along the way, including;

Aviation/Aerospace Australia Women in Aviation/Aerospace Outstanding Achievement Award, AMCHAM Highly Commended Space Award, Finalist Academic of the Year Australian Space Awards, Australian Government Endeavor Executive Award, ASCEND Diverse Dozen selection to name a few.