Dr. Leon Vanstone
Leon Vanstone, Ph.D is a Research Associate in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Texas Austin and Director of the Texas Rocket Engineering Lab, a collaborative effort between UT and Firefly Aerospace to train a student team to design and launch a liquid-fueled rocket that can reach a 100 km altitude. He won the Cheltenham Science Festival’s Fame Lab competition for science communication and continues to be active in science outreach spanning from Ted talks to Austin community events. He also enjoys writing about Elon Musk.