Rich Whittle is a Ph.D. Student in Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research interests focus on understanding and characterizing physiological changes in altered gravity environments, in particular long duration changes on the cardiovascular system during spaceflight.
Rich received an M.Sc. in Astronautics and Space Engineering from Cranfield University, where he was the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize Winner, an M.A. and M.Eng. from the University of Cambridge, and is completing a distance learning M.B.A. from the University of Northampton (all UK). He has worked as a British Army Officer since 2009, and is still a serving Captain in the British Army Reserves.
During his military career, Rich deployed on combat operations with The Parachute Regiment in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, and researched the causes of lower limb overuse injury in military recruits. He also served as an Operations Officer within UK Defense Intelligence (GEOINT), helped write the Royal Air Force Centre of Aviation Medicine Human Spaceflight Strategy, and was an industry project management consultant. He is a graduate of both the International Space University Space Studies Program and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he was HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Medal Winner.
Curriculum Vitae (last updated November 4, 2021)