Gaëtan Kerschen is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Liège, Belgium. He is the founder and director of the Space Structures and Systems Laboratory (S3L). His research focuses on structural dynamics, with particular expertise in nonlinear vibration and aerospace structures as well as orbital mechanics. He teaches courses in satellite engineering, nonlinear vibration and astrodynamics. He is also the co-founder of NOLISYS, a startup providing innovative solutions and software for nonlinear vibrating systems. He serves as co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Structural Dynamics, a diamond open access journal. 

 

Gaëtan Kerschen has authored over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and is ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, according to a Stanford University study. He is the recipient of several prestigious international awards, including three European Research Council (ERC) grants: Starting, Proof of Concept and Advanced Grants. He was awarded the 2017 Doak Prize from the Journal of Sound and Vibration, the 2017 SAGE Publishing Young Engineer Award and the 2023 SEM D.J. DeMichele Award. He also received two awards from the Belgian Francqui Foundation, the Francqui Chair and Research Professorship. He was the principal investigator of OUFTI-1, a nanosatellite launched aboard the Soyuz rocket on April 25, 2016, for which he was awarded the Walloon Medal for Merit (Chevalier du Mérite Wallon).