Carsten Scharlemann

Carsten Scharlemann is the Founder and CEO of R-Space since April 2021, and also serves as a Member of the Advisory Committee of the Aeronautics and Space Agency at the FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency since September 2012, assisting in the development of aerospace strategies. In addition, Carsten Scharlemann has been the Head of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt since February 2012, where the department offers engineering courses and hands-on projects, including a Nanosatellite program. Previous roles include Member of the Board of Advisors for the Aerospace Cluster Lower Austria at ecoplus. Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH from October 2021 to August 2023 and Deputy Head of the Space Propulsion and Advanced Concept department at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology from 2005 to 2012. Carsten Scharlemann holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Diplom-Ingenieur in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Technical University of Munich.