Dr Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty
FEATURED SPEAKER

Dr. Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty
PhD., LLM., MSc., LLB. Assistant Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Ontario, Canada
Dr Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty is an assistant professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society with a courtesy appointment at the Sandra Day O Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, USA.
Dr Aganaba-Jeanty was a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) based in Waterloo, Ontario Canada where she focused on environmental governance. Timiebi was previously Executive Director of the World Space Week Association.
Other positions include a stint as a space industry consultant for the leading space analyst firm in Montreal, Canada, a teaching associate and chair of the space policy, law and economics department at the International Space University in France and in Ireland, an associate at the Nigerian law firm Kayode Sofola and Associates and a trainee legal officer at the Nigerian Space Research and Development Agency.
In 2017, Timiebi was the recipient of a Space Leaders Award by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and her PhD received the George and Ann Robinson Award for advanced research capabilities from McGill University. Timiebi produced and hosted the 12-episode Ladies Do Launch podcast, which explored issues involved with female scientists and engineers excelling in the space industry.