Ekaterina is a physicist with a multidisciplinary background in academia, industry, and the nonprofit sector. She currently works on and leads the projects within advanced space concepts and technologies with a focus on lunar exploration. Her interests include technology and exploration roadmaps, technology R&D and scale-up, partnership building, team and project management, and strategic planning. In addition, Ekaterina recently founded Space Beyond Borders, a community-driven non-profit organization with a mission to make space sector jobs accessible for everyone, no matter in what country they were born.