Team 2025-2026
Da Vinci Satellite is a multi-disciplinary team organized into three main departments: Technical, Educational, and Business. These departments cover the key areas needed to develop the satellite mission, from engineering and payload work to learning, finance, and communications. This structure allows students from different backgrounds to contribute to the project while working toward a shared goal.
Core Team

Agata Zdanowicz
Project Manager

Abhishek Avadhanam
Project Manager

Ismael Gallo López
Technical Manager

Anagha Mandayam Bhulokam
Deputy Technical Manager

Ariana Dumitrascu
Business Manager

Floor Bagchus
Education Manager

Finn De Ridder
Quality & Qualification
Technical Team
Tech Leads

Nicolò Basso
Lead System Engineering

Bora Menekse
Lead Software Engineer

Emiel Scholten
Lead Dice Payload Engineer

Parsa Hosseini Talab
Lead BitFlip Payload Engineer

Carlos Ene
Lead CDH Engineer

Vini Bull
Chief Ground station & Operations

Theo Huegens
Modes of Operation and Budgets

Ismael Llamas Mora
Lead AIV Engineer

David Snik
Lead BitFlip Payload Engineer

Zheng Yi Chen
Lead Ground station & Operations

Giovanni Pieroni
Lead TT&C

Afonso Mestre Pinheirinho Simões Costa
Lead Structures & Thermal Engineer

Alice Girardello
Lead AIV Engineer

Zheng Rong Chen
Lead ADCS engineer

Jos Weidema
Lead EPS engineer
Systems Team

Yme Meruma
Modes of Operation and Budget

Zara Siyal
Requirements Specialist

Marta Powierza
Mission Analysis
EPS Team

Serban Orza
EPS Software

Ruben Wibowo
EPS, AIV

Laszlo Jirkovszky-Bari
EPS, AIV
Structures & Thermal Team

Pau García Tordesillas
Thermal Engineer

Philipp Kimmerle
Structural Engineer

Filippos Atlasis
Thermal Engineer

David Bote
Structural Engineer

Matilde Risa de Barros
Structural Engineer
ADCS

Dhruv Maggon
ADCS and AIV

Domonkos Pentek
ADCS and Software

Umeed Uriyan
ADCS and Simulation
Bitflip Payload Team

Sweder ter Wisscha
Bitflip radiation

Farhad Naizy
AIV

Lenka Huang
Bitflip software
Dice Payload Team

Rui Horstink
Payload Engineer

Matyas Toulemonde
Dice Payload Software Engineer

Jasper Königschulte
Dice Payload AIV Hardware Engineer

Kay Mijnster Richard
Hardware

Álvaro Gómez García
Software

Ömer Beşbenli
Hardware
Command & Data Handling Team

Csoma Koleszár
CDH and AIV

Hruday Ramachandra
CDH Software Engineer

Gokul Raj Saravanan
Payload Manager software

Luca De Nobili
Payload Manager software
TT&C Team

Daniel Perez Trias
TT&C, software

Michael Bakker
AIV engineer
Education Team

Matilde Araújo Oliveira Cardoso Dinis
Graphics

Kajus Kandratavičius
Chair

Stanislaw Borkowski
External relations

Stijn Risseeuw
Technology

Eugene Ignacio Gunawan
Standardisation

Loyola Moya Lafuente
Secretary
Business Team
Finance Team

Deepika Bhamidipati
Treasurer

Alberto Rigaudo
Finance Associate
Communications Team

Vilmos Benczur
Event Planner

Eugénio Miguel do Carmo Neri
Social Media Strategist

Diogo S.C. Fernandes
Website Developer

Stach Vleeshouwers
Communications Associate

Ivan Gvardeitsev
Website Developer

Bernhard Jan Mourão Peelen
Social Media Editor
