Dr Junayd Miah is a UK space specialist with deep experience in shaping national space capability and strategy.
Dr Junayd Miah has led major programmes and advised government partners on space operations, resilient communications, Space Situational Awareness and Earth Observation, working closely with academic, commercial and international collaborators.
Before joining the private sector, Junayd served as Science Adviser for UK Space Command, where he led the MINERVA programme – an over GBP 120M effort to define future UK space architecture – and oversaw the delivery of the UK Government’s first owned and operated Mission Operations Centre in over 17 years. He also contributed to multiple international missions including the US-UK CIRCE space weather satellite and the UK-owned Prometheus-2 EO and SSA mission.
Junayd holds a Bachelor’s degree from Southampton University, a Master’s from Harvard University, and a PhD from Durham University. He is a Chartered Physicist and Fellow of the Institute of Physics.