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Team Members

SYNERGY MOON is unique in that its members personify an eccentric, electrifying merge of the arts and sciences. Our spirit is one of social entrepreneur meets extreme adventurer, approaching the world with the creative drive of an artist and the problem solving skills of an engineer.

Team Leads

Kevin Myrick

Kevin Myrick

 

Randa Milliron

 
Nebojsa Stanojevic

Nebojša Stanojević

 
Mark Posen

Mark Posen

The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a non-commercial middleware system for volunteer and grid computing. It was originally developed to support the SETI@home project before it became useful as a platform for other distributed applications in areas as diverse as mathematics, medicine, molecular biology, climatology, and astrophysics. The intent of BOINC is to make it possible for researchers to tap into the enormous processing power of personal computers around the world. Team SYNERGY MOON is proud to participate in BOINC, providing computing power in support of BOINC projects.  

Rocketry

Randa Milliron

Interorbital Systems' co-founder, is also the corporation's Chief Executive Officer. Confident in positions of leadership, her professional experience spans the television and film industries, and academia. She has served as a Television News Director and Producer at the US Military Station, AFN Berlin.
United States of America
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Roderick Milliron

Roderick Milliron is Interorbital Systems Chief Propulsion Engineer and Rocket Systems Designer and President. He is primarily responsible for propulsion system design, overall rocket systems design, and software design. He has more than 23 years of experience in the aerospace industry, primarily in the areas of software development and rocket engine hardware development.
United States of America
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Robotics

Dr. Edin Omerdić, BEng., MEng., PhD.

Tesla Rover Design Consultant. Edin was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1968. Edin has received the Dipl. Eng. and M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, in 1997 and 2001 respectively, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Wales, Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom in 2004.
Bosnia & Herzegovina
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  Rameesha De Silva

Rameesha De Silva

Tesla Surveyor Rover Development
Rameesha De Silva has a B.Sc. in Engineering (hons), and an Mphil, and is currently a postgraduate Researcher in the Intelligent Machines Laboratory, University of Moratuwa. His research includes design and development of Mobile Manipulators and embedded controllers. Prior to his current position, he worked as a visiting lecturer in university of Moratuwa.
Srilanka
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Sayandeep Khan

Sayandeep Khan

Sayandeep Khan was born on July 22, 1989, in India, in the city Kalyani, province West Bengal. He wasaised in a town called Ranaghat, in West Bengal, India.
India
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  Dr Palitha Dassanayake

Dr Palitha Dassanayake

Dr. Palitha Dassanayake studied in Sri Lanka and Japan, earning a B.Sc. and a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering. He is a Senior Lecturer in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Moratuwa.
Sri Lanka
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Dhruv Jani

Dhruv Jani

Dhruv Jani works with Team One India on camera and imaging systems for the Team SYNERGY MOON lander, and the Tesla Prospector and Surveyor rovers.
India
  Christopher Heistand

Christopher Heistand

Christopher Heistand, a senior computer science major at the University of Maryland is leading a team to develop the Tesla Prospector Rover. After his undergrad he is going to be a Operations Analyst in the United States Air Force.
United States of America
 
Patrick Feng

Patrick Feng

Patrick Feng is a rising senior with a double major in Biochemistry and Neurobiology & Physiology with a minor in Computer Science. He is currently working on radiation shielding and camera systems on the lunar rover. In the future, he hopes to get into medical school, however, in his current spare time, he likes to make the impossible possible.
United States of America

 

  Derrick Wrieden

Derrick Wrieden

Derrick Wrieden is recent graduate from the University of Maryland College Park, with a B.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, and a minor in Astronomy. With his Astronomy minor, Derrick has taken several courses about Stars and Stellar Systems and Solar System Astronomy.
United States of America
Scott Nussel

Scott Nussel

Scott Nussel is a senior undergraduate student at George Mason University, currently on a full-ride scholarship from the United States Air Force. He is finishing up his last two semesters in his mathematics degree with an array of applied mathematics classes. Once completed, he will be commissioned as a 2d Lt Combat Systems Officer for the USAF.
United States of America
  Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy has worked as a ASE certified mechanic and is in the SAE Terps racing program at University of Maryland. He has a good understanding of the design process and his background has allowed him to develop solid prototyping skills. He is a senior mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland.
United States of America

Telecommunications

Marc Posen

Marc Posen

Mark Posen is the Managing Director and Principal Consultant of RPC Telecommunications Ltd. in the UK and Director and Principal Consultant of RPC Telecommunications Asia Pacific Pty. Ltd. in Australia. He has substantial professional experience in the satellite telecommunications industry since 1983.
United Kingdom
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  Gerard Auvray

Gerard Auvray

Gerard Auvray is a French electronics engineer and for my hobby I build amateur satellites. This last 2 years he was president of AMSAT-F. In 1993 he was responsible of the payload of the satellite ARSENE launched by Ariane. In 1997, 1998 and 1999 he built the 3 small replicas of Spoutnik launched during EVA from MIR. France
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Operations

David Galea

David Galea

David Galea works with Team SYNERGY MOON as a Computer Systems Analyst.
Australia
  Gerard Auvray

Anthony Bradley

Born in Wiesbaden Germany, Anthony Bradley grew up overseas and did not reach the USA until my early teens.
United States of America
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Sheelagh Sacks

Sheelagh Sacks

Sheelagh Sacks works with Team SYNERGY MOON as a Systems Analyst.
United States of America

 

 

Sultan S. Al-Sharif

Team SYNERGY MOON Computer Systems Analyst
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Sheelagh Sacks

Abdullah Algahtani

Team SYNERGY MOON Computer Systems Analyst
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

 

Benjamin Swem

Team SYNERGY MOON Filght Control Operator
United States of America

 

Sheelagh Sacks

Andreas Hornig

DoB: October 28, 1982
Home town: Fürstenau / Germany
Team-part: Science-Application, Astrogation, Distributed Computing with BOINC
Germany
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  Tater Schuld

Tater Schuld

With a deep interest in aerospace technology, Tater Schuld has held the office of president at the local model rocket club. He has experience in supersonic rocket flights, research and testing of rocket designs, use of composites, electronics payloads, biological payloads, terrestrial rovers and scale prototypes.
United States of America

Project Management

Kevin Myrick

SYNERGY MOON Team Leader. People first went to the moon during my first year in high school (1968), and the last man left the moon during my first year in college (1972).  I want to be involved in getting back to the moon, to stay! I am the founder and CEO of InterPlanetary Ventures.
United States of America
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  Boris Petrovic

Boris Petrović

Boris Petrović is a relative and a fan of Nikola Tesla. He is also an Artist and Technologist, with additional education and experience in business entrepreneurship and finance. He worked in a number of tech start-ups focused on embedded and automation systems as a software engineer and architect.
Serbia
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Anton Volkonskiy

Team SYNERGY MOON Quality Assureance Specialist
Russian Federation

  Azur Dervisagic

Azur Dervišagić

Team SYNERGY MOON Public/Press Relations and Awareness Outreach Specialist
United States of America

Art Campaign Coordination

Helena Bulaja

Helena Bulaja

Helena Bulaja was born in Split, Croatia in 1971, and was educated in History of Art and Comparative Literature at Zagreb University. She worked as an art director, designer and illustrator for various computer magazines, and started her career as a digital artist in 1995.
Croatia
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  Anna Hill

Anna Hill

Anna Hill Artist /Space Entrepreneur, Founder and owner of SSL studied (BA) Fine Art Sculpture at St Martins School of Art London followed by the Royal College of Art London (MA Fine Art Sculpture) She practiced as an artist (to critical acclaim) for ten years working in the interface between science and art developing conceptual and sensory artworks.
United Kingdom
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Awareness and Outreach

Nebojsa Stanojevic

Nebojša Stanojević

Born 13.08.1969. in Sarajevo, ex-Yugoslavia, lived in Tuzla till '92. He emigrated to South Africa in '92. because of the war in ex - Yugoslavia. Nebojša Stanojević is an Adventurer, Documentary Filmmaker, Editor, Producer, and a devoted Explorer. Since 1992 until now, he worked as an Producer, Director and Editor on numerous Video Productions for many worldwide events including: Miss World 1993, HH Dalai Lama, Elton John, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams, Natalie Cole, Gipsy Kings, David Copperfield, Africa Aids Concert, President Nelson Mandela's Inauguration Ceremony, etc...
Bosnia & Herzegovina
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  Azur Dervisagic

Azur Dervišagić

Team SYNERGY MOON Public/Press Relations and Awareness Outreach Specialist. Azur Dervisagic, born in Tuzla ex-Yugoslavia, grew up in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia where he lived until '97 prior to moving to United Staes. He is also an Interpreter, Artist, Musician, Event Organizer, Adventurer and a long time Space Enthusiast. From 2001 to present he worked with numerous artists and event organizers from all around the globe. A space enthusiast since early childhood Azur participated in NASA's Phoenix Mission to Mars as a part of Messages from Earth Program.
United States of America

Chongor Farkas

Csongor Farkas

Team SYNERGY MOON Awareness & Multimedia Specialist.
Csongor Farkas is an accomplished musician and multimedia artist. Introduced to music at age of five when he started playing cello, which paved the way to mastering of many other instruments and later on in his life to composing music for movies, TV commercials, and other musicians.
Serbia
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  Durdica Terzic

Đurđica Terzić

Team SYNERGY MOON Creative Co-Director. Đurđica Terzić studied human behavior, emotions and the unconscious mind since her early days. First exploring it only through intuition, getting involved in work-shops and later theatres which contained the elements of experimenting, meditation and art in its universal meaning. She also participated in a Butoh dance theatre.
Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Stas Rutkowski

Stas Rutkowski

SYNERGY MOON Creative Director and Brand Guardian. A long-term Internet pioneer and innovator Stas has been instrumental in multiple successful "ahead-of-their time" Internet startups. These have included pre E-Bay Internet auctions, pre Netflix film resource and video rental services and his personally conceived and industry recognized contribution, The Gallery for the Digital Arts which set a goal in 1995 to usher digital art recognition as an important new form of fine art.
United States of America
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  Cynthia Sue Larson

Cynthia Sue Larson

Intuitive strategic visionary and catalyst, Cynthia assists individuals, corporations, and non-profit groups to set and achieve extraordinary goals. Cynthia helps hundreds of individuals and companies discover and develop their visions and goals in optimal alignment with their core strengths and the needs of those they serve.
United States of America
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Belma Berberovic

Belma Berberović

Team SYNERGY MOON Press Relations. Born in Doboj, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Took her first steps in becoming a journalist at the age of fifteen trough a local television network. Belma graduated Journalism in 2008 at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo. She proceeded with her education at the Faculty of Political Science on post-graduate studies of Communication and Public Relations. During her studies she was a member of many editorial boards in Sarajevo which led to her professional engagement to EFM Radio, Sarajevo.
Bosnia & Herzegovina

 

  Kevin Jefferson

Kevin Jefferson

Freelance photographer and writer/reporter for San Francisco Bay Area newspaper
United States of America



Bryan Versteeg

Bryan Versteeg

Team SYNERGY MOON Concept Graphic Designer
Canada

Education

Jamie Myrick

Jamie Myrick

Challenger Center Space Science Educator
United States of America

 

  Saveth Soun

Saveth Soun

Challenger Center Space Science Educator
United States of America
Elizabeth Brooking

Elizabeth Brooking

Middle School Science
& Math Teacher
United States of America
  Neda Ghopeh

Neda Ansari Ghopeh

Educational Outreach
United States of America

Test Pilots/Astronauts in Training

 
Nebojsa Stanojevic

Nebojša Stanojević

Born 13.08.1969. in Sarajevo, ex-Yugoslavia, lived in Tuzla till '92. He emigrated to South Africa in '92. because of the war in ex - Yugoslavia. Nebojša Stanojević is an Adventurer, Documentary Filmmaker, Editor, Producer, and a devoted Explorer. Since 1992 until now, he worked as an Producer, Director and Editor on numerous Video Productions for many worldwide events including: Miss World 1993, HH Dalai Lama, Elton John, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams, Natalie Cole, Gipsy Kings, David Copperfield, Africa Aids Concert, President Nelson Mandela's Inauguration Ceremony, etc...
Bosnia & Herzegovina
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  Miroslav Ambrus-Kis

Miroslav Ambruš-Kiš

Does this with Team SYNERGY MOON. Teaching all grades, journalist, reporter, newspapers editor, graphic design, personal computing pioneer, computing magazines pioneer, PostScript pioneer, art director, adventure traveller, high mountin climber (Himalaya, Andes...), interested in all kind of natural and social sciences, technic, art, portrait and nature photographer, travel and war zones correspondent, future astronaut.
Croatia
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Kevin

Brian White Shiro

Principle Investigator for Lunar Science for Team SYNERGY MOON.  Brian is a geophysicist currently working for NOAA in the US. He has a bachelor's degree in geology, physics, and integrated science and a master's degree in earth & planetary sciences, and is working on another master's degree in space studies. 
United States of America
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Honorary Members

Tony Webb

Tony
Webb

Founder of eSpaceTickets.com Initial Team SYNERGY MOON Sponsor
United States of America

  Ivan Brgic

Ivan Brgić

Extreme Adventurest Endorses Team SYNERGY MOON
Learn more about Ivan
Croatia

 

Addtional Thanks to...

  • FM Jam
       Recording Studio

  • Cody Gavin
       Web Programming
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  • Adnan Gulamović, aka Gula
       Muscian

  • Zlatko Redžepagić-Avdagić    Humanitarian
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  • Jasmin Dervišević, aka HZA
       Muscian

  • Tino Dervišagić
       Graphic Design
  • TEAM SYNERGY MOON FOUNDING PARTNERS
    THANKS FOR OUR FIRST TEAM SYNERGY MOON GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE SPONSOR
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