Team Hydromars
Unparalleled expertise in water management for space applications.
Company Leadership
Shorena Tsindeliani
CEO & Co-founder
Born 1991
Nationality: Georgian
Education: M.Sc. in Health Management, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. B.Sc. in Business Administration, Caucasus University, Georgia. Executive education in private space sector and space law.
Experience/Competence: Management positions in private and public sectors within Baltic Sea region and Europe.
Aapo Sääsk
Board Chair & Co-founder
Born 1943
Nationality: Swedish
Education: MBA, University of Stockholm, Sweden. B.Sc., Brown University, United States.
Experience/Competence: Developed proprietary technology in water treatment and sustainable energy that has resulted in the formation of several private and public companies.
Board of Directors
Aapo Sääsk
Board Chair
Born 1943
Nationality: Swedish
Education: MBA, University of Stockholm, Sweden. B.Sc., Brown University, United States.
Experience/Competence: Developed proprietary technology in water treatment and sustainable energy that has resulted in the formation of several private and public companies.
Miriam Pijak Åslin
Board member
Born 1970
Nationality: Swedish
Education: M.Sc. in Ecotoxicology, Stockholm University, Sweden. B.Sc. in Biology, Linköping University, Sweden.
Experience/Competence: Water treatment, ecotoxicology, biology, and adhesives.
Bo Bängtsson
Board member
Born 1945
Nationality: Swedish
Education: M.Sc. in Engineering Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Experience/Competence: Participated in close to 100 cleanroom projects.
Technical Leadership
Alaa Kullab
Water Process Engineer
Born 1977
Nationality: Swedish and Palestinian
Education: Ph.D. in Energy Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure, KTH, Sweden. B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Birzeit University, Palestine.
Experience/competence: Water treatment, environmental engineering, thermal desalination, membrane technologies, environmental management tools, computational fluid dynamics, GMS (groundwater modeling system), construction, maintenance, and water management.
Arjun Monga
Space Technology Development Engineer
Born 1998
Nationality: Indian
Education: M.Sc. in Electromagnetics, Fusion, and Space Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. B.Sc. in Technology, Delhi College of Engineering, India.
Experience/Competence: Aerospace Engineering, engineering physics, parabolic microgravity testing, payload engineering for sounding rockets, product development, systems integration, mission analysis.
Abhilash Ramachandran
ISRU Engineer
Born 1993
Nationality: Indian
Education: Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science with focus on Mars, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. M.Sc. in Space Technology, Instrumentation and in Astrophysics, Space, Science and Planetology, Erasmus Mundus Dual Degree. B.E. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India.
Experience/competence: Design, development, and calibration of scientific instruments for space missions. Work on ESA ExoMars scientific payload HABIT an ISRU instrument to produce liquid water for future Mars exploration. Led the design and testing of a planetary chamber to simulate Mars atmosphere and conducted experiments to understand the near-surface water cycle.