Ritupriya Patil

Ritupriya Patil is currently working at The Mars Society as MDRS Analog Astronaut Crew 281 Executive Officer and Crew Scientist. Prior to this role, Ritupriya was at Joby Aviation as the Software Verification Operations Lead Flight Controls. Additionally, Ritupriya has experience as a Flight Test Engineer at HeliTrak, Inc., and Systems-Software Engineer at Genesys Aerosystems. Ritupriya is also a graduate of the Project PoSSUM Citizen Scientist Astronaut Candidate Program. Ritupriya holds a Master of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington.