Katarzyna Balakier
13 - 17 July 2025
Marseille Chanot, Palais des Congrès et des Expositions
Marseille, France
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Katarzyna Balakier
European Space Agency
About the Speaker
Kasia Balakier is a Space Segment Engineer in the Telecommunications and Integrated Applications Directorate at the European Space Agency (ESA). She is a Technical Officer on multiple projects implementing photonics technology for satellite communication. Prior to that, she was a Lecturer in Photonics at University College London (UCL). In addition to her academic career, she was a Senior System Engineer and Expert in Telecom Payload Photonics at Airbus Defence and Space, where she worked on developing and implementing photonics systems for telecommunication and Earth observation satellites.
Kasia received her PhD in photonics from UCL. She was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Fellowship to support her research in integrated microwave photonics for space. Prior to joining UCL, she worked as an Optical Engineer at SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas in Spain and an R&D Engineer at LG Electronics in Poland and South Korea.
