Virtual Presentations
President’s Club Presents
The President's Club began offering virtual presentations with the debut of the Speaker Series in June 2020. These events remain popular, and the program continues to evolve, offering you a variety of subjects presented by leaders in their fields at Ohio State. If you have topic or speaker ideas for future events, please send them to presidentsclub@osu.edu.
March 2025
Starlab – The Future of Commercial Spaceflight Research and Innovation
Our presentation featured Dr. John Horack, Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy, and Ms. Cassidy Brozovich, a graduate student pursuing her PhD in biological engineering through Ohio State’s partnership with Starlab Space. They discussed Ohio State’s role in Starlab, a privately-owned and commercially-operated space station designed for research and exploration in the post-International Space Station (ISS) era.
Because NASA will retire the ISS in 2030 — after nearly three decades of research and continuous U.S. human presence in low-Earth orbit — it is partnering with the private sector to develop ISS successors. In the case of Starlab, Ohio State serves as the university leader in a partnership that includes Voyager Technologies, Airbus, Mitsubishi Corporation, Hilton Hotels and more.
In this presentation, Dr. Horack and Ms. Brozovich described Ohio State’s role, the work done to date, the engagement of students and faculty, and exciting “coming attractions” for Ohio leadership in the future of low-Earth orbit research and exploration.
Learn more about Dr. John Horack, Ms. Cassidy Brozovich and Starlab:
- Dr. John Horack bio
- Ms. Cassidy Brozovich bio
- Ohio State chosen as research home for Starlab’s George Washington Carver Science Park Terrestrial Laboratory (news article)
- Now at Ohio State: The Future of Space Research (podcast featuring John Horack and Cassidy Brozovich)
- Workshop for Research in Low-Orbit Earth (April 23-24, 2025) | REGISTER NOW
Past Speakers
We are proud of our speakers and offer past presentations for viewing.
Dr. Craig Bryan and AnnaBelle O. Bryan
Dr. Craig Bryan
Director, Suicide Prevention Program
AnnaBelle O. Bryan
Director, Suicide and Trauma Reduction Initiative for Veterans (STRIVE)
Dr. Wayne Schlingman
Director, Arne Slettebak Ohio State Planetarium
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Asst. Professor
Molly Ranz Calhoun, Bill Shkurti and Andrew B. Pierce, II
Molly Ranz Calhoun (BS ’86)
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Ohio State University Alumni Association, Inc.
Bill Shkurti (BS ’68, MA ’74)
Adjunct Professor in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Andrew B. Pierce, II
Co-founder of The WORTH Foundation
Tamar Chute
University Archivist and Head of Archives (Professor)
Dr. Mary Kay Pohlschneider
Senior Lecturer in the of Department of Food Science and Technology at the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Lucy I. Zimmerman
Associate Curator in the Wexner Center for the Arts' Exhibitions Department
Darrell M. Gray, II, MD, MPH, FACG
Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in the College of Medicine
Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lonnie G. Thompson
Distinguished University Professors and Senior Research Scientists in the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
Dr. Jessica Winter
Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Kenneth R. Yeager
Professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Stephen Gavazzi
Professor of Human Development and Family Science in the College of Education and Human Ecology