Alejandro Turnbull — I build things that leave the ground.

I'm a third-year physics student at UC Riverside and president of the Highlander Space Program, our university rocketry team.

I'm fascinated by our world and by using science and technology to make it a better place — and to better understand our little planet's place in the universe. Engineering has provided a tremendous service to humanity, and I'm always looking for ways to be part of that proud history: pushing the limits of what's possible, and bringing frontier technology down to earth to help everyday people.

On the rocket team I've done hands-on composite fabrication, structural design, and launch operations for our award-winning liquid-fueled rocket. On my own time, I design, build, and fly high-power vehicles with scratch-built avionics. Whenever I'm not building, I'm writing: covering the space industry for Space Scout, including credentialed coverage of Artemis II from NASA's Johnson Space Center.