Robbie Schingler

Robbie Schingler is one of the co-founders of the CoLab project at NASA Ames Research Center, where he focuses on creating the internal NASA stakeholders and developing fiscal, programmatic, and legal mechanisms for the CoLab project to thrive. Robbie is the special assistant to Pete Worden, the NASA Ames Research Center Director, and works on a number of key initiatives to create systemic progress for NASA, such as non-traditional partnerships and developing a small spacecraft capability for the space program. Previously, he has worked at NASA in three different positions: program and policy analysis in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, research scientist in nano technology at NASA Ames Research Center, and as a student scientist in cosmochemistry at NASA Ames Research Center. Robbie has also worked as an independent consultant for space security research and as a mechanical engineer and project manager at an engineering consulting firm. Robbie has been actively involved in international advocacy of space activities, long-term systems thinking, and encouragement of individuals to perform their life's work through the Space Generation Foundation, Space Generation Advisory Council, 4D Network, Angel Ideas, and La Choza del Mundo. Robbie holds bachelor's and two master's degrees from Santa Clara University, the International Space University, and Georgetown University in Engineering Physics with and emphasis in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Space Studies, and Business Administration with a Certificate in International Business Diplomacy respectively.