Tom Cernev
Biography
Publications
Tom Cernev Tom is an engineer in Adelaide, Australia, with Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Theoretical Physics from the University of Adelaide, and a Masters in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge. Tom is a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, the South Australian Chair of the Sustainable Engineering Society for Engineers Australia, a contributing paper author for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and an International Astronautical Federation Emerging Space Leader.
A Sustainable Development Goal for space
As human activity intensifies beyond Earth, there is a need to identify exactly what “space sustainability” means.
Resources in the next frontier: Australia’s role in the race to space
The next boom might be found far, far away – and a chance not to repeat mistakes made before in a rush to mineral riches.
Space, sustainability and security: the intersection of domains
Mining asteroids? Growing food in space? Good governance will be essential to sharing the realm beyond Earth.
A minute to midnight: reversing environmental tipping points
Planetary boundaries and the role they play in global security are not as remote as they sound. And it’s time to listen.
