As Principal Scientist at Vast, Dr. Meghan Everett leads the company’s research strategy across current and future commercial space stations, driving advances in safe human exploration and scalable in-space manufacturing. She brings over two decades of experience in human health and performance in spaceflight, including leadership roles at NASA such as Deputy Chief Scientist for the ISS Program, Crew Health and Countermeasures System Lead, and Lead of the Human Physiology Laboratory. Her work spans human physiology, space biotechnology for disease and drug discovery, and technology demonstrations that enable the future of space exploration.