
George Cann
George is an applied physicist based in London. At Foster + Partners' Specialist Modelling Group he works as a Design Systems Analyst focusing on the domains of generative AI, radiative transfer, and the development of space infrastructure for the Moon and Mars.
He is Co-founder of Oxia Palus, a technology startup merging spectroscopic imaging, AI, and 3D printing to reconstruct lost hidden art with pentimento. Oxia Palus' works have been featured in The Times, BBC, The Guardian, CNN, Independent, The Washington Post, Robb Report, Artnet, NBC News, The Telegraph, Smithsonian Magazine, ITV, TF1, and MIT Technology Review.
He was previously a Mars researcher at the United Arab Emirates University at the National Space Science and Technology Centre, as a science team collaborator on the Emirates Mars Mission. His PhD research in Space and Climate Physics at University College London's, Mullard Space Science Laboratory researched trace gases and bio-signatures in the Martian atmosphere, and he holds a Master's in Space Science and Engineering from University College London and a Bachelor's in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Warwick.
Contact: george@georgecann.space