QuarkOrbit
About Us

Advancing Space Science with Open AI

QuarkOrbit is a non-profit research organization dedicated to building open AI tools for aerospace, astronomy, cosmology, quantum mechanics, communications, and space technology.

2025
Founded
50+
Researchers
12K+
Community
30+
Partners

Our Mission

We believe that AI has the potential to accelerate humanity's understanding of the universe by orders of magnitude. Our mission is to democratize access to these powerful tools.

As a non-profit, we publish all our research openly, build free tools for researchers and students, and foster a global community of space and AI enthusiasts.

Open Source

All tools free forever

Non-Profit

Powered by donations

Global

Worldwide community

Impact

Real-world applications

Our Team

SC

Dr. Sarah Chen

Executive Director

Former NASA JPL researcher with 15+ years in AI for space. PhD from MIT.

JW

Prof. James Wilson

Research Director, Astrophysics

Leading cosmologist from Caltech. Published 200+ papers on dark matter.

MP

Dr. Maya Patel

CTO

Ex-Google Quantum AI. Building next-gen quantum ML systems.

AR

Dr. Alex Rivera

Head of Education

Former professor at Stanford. democratizing AI education globally.

KO

Dr. Kevin O'Brien

Head of Aerospace

Ex-SpaceX principal engineer. Expert in autonomous flight systems.

LZ

Dr. Lisa Zhang

Head of Communications

Leading researcher in satellite networks and 6G communications.

Advisory Board

Dr. Michio Kaku

Futurist, City College

Prof. Lisa Randall

Physicist, Harvard

Dr. Pete Worden

Former NASA Ames Director

Our Partners

NASA
ESA
JPL
MIT
Stanford
Caltech
Flatiron Institute
Google Research

Get in Touch

Have questions? Want to collaborate? We'd love to hear from you.

hello@quarkorbit.org