Moriba Jah is a renowned space environmentalist and astrodynamicist specializing in space object detection, tracking, identification, and characterization, as well as spacecraft navigation.

He is an associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is the holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. As chief scientist, Jah leads the technical vision for Privateer.

He also co-founded Moriba Jah Universal, LLC, in order to co-create media, art, and entertainment across a variety of platforms aimed at taking Space Environmentalism mainstream to spread awareness about space debris - the ever-growing threat to humanity that most people don’t know exists.