Summary
Audrey Berquand is an AI Systems Engineer and former space systems engineer with 8 years of experience applying NLP, knowledge graphs, and LLMs to space mission design and knowledge management. She holds a PhD in Text Mining & NLP for early-stage space missions and led creation of SpaceTransformers, the first LLM tailored to the space domain. At ESA she bridges industry, academia and agencies to accelerate responsible AI adoption for spacecraft design and operations, and co-organised ESA’s first Linguistics & Graphs for Space workshop. A recognised speaker at major forums (IAC, Dublin Tech Summit) she combines deep research credentials with hands-on system engineering experience across multiple European space organisations. Beyond tech, her international background and love of cycling and sci-fi inform a pragmatic, curiosity-driven approach to complex, interdisciplinary problems.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Space Studies Program 17, Space Studies Program 17 at International Space University
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
General Engineering Diploma - Aeronautic and Space track, General Engineering Diploma - Aeronautic and Space track at EPF Ecole d'Ingénieurs
French, English, Spanish