THE 2025 HUMANS TO THE MOON & MARS SUMMIT
an Explore Mars Event
May 28-29, 2025
Jack Morton Auditorium,
The George Washington University
Washington D.C.
Dr. Erik Antonsen has focused his career at the intersection of medicine and engineering for human spaceflight. Dr. Antonsen is an Associate Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA and is a member of the SPEAR Medicine Division in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is also a lecturer for the AeroAstro Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. At NASA he was the Element Scientist for Exploration Medical Capabilities in the NASA Human Research Program from 2015-2018 where he led the research element in developing systems medicine approaches to designing medical systems. Following that he was the Assistant Director for Human System Risk Management in the Human Health and Performance Directorate at NASA Johnson Space Center from 2018-2021 where he was responsible for chairing the NASA Human System Risk Board and working with human spaceflight programs to prioritize research and operational investments that protect human health and performance in space. Dr. Antonsen holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in aerospace engineering and is practicing emergency medicine physician. He is an editor of the recently published textbook, Systems Medicine for Human Spaceflight.