Larissa is a Manager at Novaspace, focused on strategy and market development in the aerospace sector, with a particular emphasis on Earth Observation (EO). She has contributed to multiple due diligence projects on EO companies, providing both technical and commercial assessments, and currently leads the Novaspace Earth Observation Data & Services market report. She has managed several market development Proofs of Concept exploring EO applications across sectors including forestry, infrastructure, and healthcare, and has also led a space start-up innovation programme and supported socio-economic impact assessments in the space domain.
Larissa holds a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of São Paulo, where she completed her bachelor's thesis on change management in collaboration with Airbus Defence and Space. She is currently pursuing an MBA at Mannheim Business School (Class of 2027).