Dr. Peerawan Wiwattananon
Founder & CEO

Dr. Peerawan Wiwattananon is the visionary founder of Stella Nova, bringing over 15 years’ experience across space, medical devices, and advanced R&D and engineering. Her multicultural background—born in Asia and living and working throughout Europe and the U.S. for over 20 years—provides her with a unique perspective that bridges technical excellence with clear, accessible communication across diverse teams and stakeholders.

Her distinguished career includes groundbreaking work at NASA Langley Research Center, where she led the conceptual design of the innovative “Heliogyro Solar Sail Spacecraft” for deep space exploration. At CERN, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she seamlessly transitioned complex underground laboratory infrastructure projects to remote work while maintaining stakeholder satisfaction and delivering detailed infrastructure integration technical specifications for equipment 100 meters below ground.

Dr. Wiwattananon's expertise extends to medical device innovation at Helbling Technik and aerospace systems engineering at RUAG Space, where she contributed to NASA's Orion spacecraft through the European Service Module 2 project and contributed to the breakthrough "FlexLine" separation mechanisms for small launcher vehicles.

Qualifications

  • Delft University of Technology

  • Syracuse University (full scholarship recipient)

  • Hamburg University of Technology (DAAD-Siemens full scholarship recipient)

  • Thammasat University (First Class Honors)

  • MIT xPRO and Constructor Academy

  • MIT xPRO

  • Smallpiece Enterprises

  • NASA

  • NASA

  • Universität Bern

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