Dr Nikita Chiu is Head of Research and Impact at the Innovation Academy at University College Dublin. She is Ad Astra Distinguished Fellow in Robotic and Outer Space Governance at the Space Engineering Research Center at USC, and was in 2019 selected as one of "20 under 35" future leaders to watch by the Space & Satellite Professionals International for her work on space sustainability. Dr Chiu was the former Research Fellow in Robotics at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. She is also a former Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. Prior to a career in Technology Governance, Dr. Chiu lectured on Foreign Policy and International Relations in Hong Kong and Tallinn, and was an Associate Lecturer in the UK. Dr Chiu's ongoing research investigates the dynamics between technological advances and governance, with a focus on understanding the socio-economic, policy, and security impact brought by the increasing commercialization of robotics, quantum, and space technologies. An International Relations scholar by training, she read Technology Policy at St Edmund's College at the University of Cambridge, and holds a PhD from The Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.