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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Harshvardhan Chunawala
| image =
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| birth_date =
| field = [[Cybersecurity]], [[Cloud computing]], and [[rover (space exploration)|Rovers]]
| alma_mater = [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
| workplaces = [[Carnegie Mellon University]], [[SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory]]
}}

'''Harshvardhan Chunawala''' is an Indian-born [[cybersecurity]] researcher and [[engineering technologist|technologist]] specializing in [[information technology]] and [[network security|security]].<ref name="cmu.edu">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cmu.edu/ini/news/2021/chunawala-india-cib.html |title=From Young Entrepreneur to National Cybersecurity Advisor |first=Deana |last=Lorenzo |date=December 17, 2021}}</ref> He is noted for his involvement in [[Carnegie Mellon University]]'s Iris Lunar Rover Mission aboard [[Peregrine Mission One|Peregrine Lander]] and served as a mission operator for the [[lunar rover]], commanding it over a [[lunar distance]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cmu.edu/ini/news/2024/iris-lunar-rover.html |title=How INI Alumni Harshvardhan Chunawala and Hunter Wodzenski Helped Send the Iris Rover to Space |date=April 9, 2024}}</ref> He also serves as a faculty member of the [[Xavier Institute of Engineering]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xavier.ac.in/Faculty%20Profile.php?id=250|title=Xavier Institute of Engineering}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Harshvardhan Chunawala was born in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref name="auto"/> He received his [[Bachelor of Engineering]] degree in [[information technology]] from the [[Xavier Institute of Engineering]] in Mumbai and later earned a [[Master of Science]] degree in [[information security]] from [[Carnegie Mellon University]].<ref name="auto"/> During his tenure at CMU, he served as a lead research fellow at the [[SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory]], where he contributed to the Transactive Energy Service System (TESS) project, funded by the [[U.S. Department of Energy]], aimed at advancing grid modernization using [[cloud computing]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

==Career==
In 2017, Chunawala served as a lead [[research fellow]] for [[Geographic Information Systems]] at the [[North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach]] (NECTAR), part of the Department of Science and Technology, [[Government of India]].<ref name="auto1"/> Since 2022, Chunawala has been a professor at the [[Xavier Institute of Engineering]].<ref name="auto1"/>

==Research==
Chunawala was a mission operator for the Iris Lunar Rover Mission, which was part of the payload aboard the [[Peregrine Mission One|Peregrine Lander]] launched on January 8, 2024.<ref name="auto"/> The Iris Rover was intended to capture scientific images for geological research but remained operational for only 10 days due to a propellant leak in the Peregrine Lander that prevented a lunar landing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americaspace.com/2024/01/21/peregrine-lunar-lander-reenters-following-dramatic-mission/ |title=Peregrine Lunar Lander Reenters Following Dramatic Mission |date=21 January 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2024/05/14/iris-the-worlds-first-nano-lunar-rover-what-we-learned/|title=Iris, The World's First Nano Lunar Rover: What We Learned|first=John|last=Koetsier|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/fuel-leak-astrobotics-moon-lander-leaves-no-chance-soft-landing-2024-01-09/|title=Fuel leak on Astrobotic's moon lander leaves 'no chance' of soft landing|website=Reuters |date=9 January 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/science/iris-carnegie-mellon-moon-rover.html|title=Iris Carnegie mellon Moon Rover|website=New York Times |date=9 February 2024 }}</ref>

At CMU, Chunawala contributed to the development of Carnegie Mellon Mission Control (CMMC), which will support future space missions from the campus. As a space mission engineering lead at CMU's [[Information Networking Institute]] (INI), he created a practicum program to train students in real-world space missions with a focus on cybersecurity and cloud computing.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmu.edu/ini/news/magazine/assets/ini_4742-network-magazine_sept16.pdf |title=The Network INI Annual Magazine - Page 18}}</ref>

Chunawala served as research fellow at the [[SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory]] for the TESS project, a cloud-based system for grid modernization funded by the [[U.S. Department of Energy]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://connectedcommunities.lbl.gov/|title=Home | GEB|website=connectedcommunities.lbl.gov}}</ref> He worked with David Chassin, senior scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, on the TESS project. He researched ways to protect energy data and automated transaction integrity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://live-slac-gismo-d9.pantheonsite.io/research/tess-transactive-energy-services-system|title=GISMoGrid Integration Systems and Mobility - TESS (Transactive Energy Services System}}</ref>

Chunawala has also worked with [[Red Whittaker]], the Fredkin professor of robotics at CMU, principal investigator of the Iris Lunar Rover. Whittaker mentored Chunawala and the CMU Iris team during the mission.<ref name="auto"/> At the Information Networking Institute (INI) CMU, he worked with Dena Haritos Tsamitis, Director of INI, and David Wettergreen, Director of the Robotics Institute's Ph.D. program. Together, they developed student engagement programs in space missions and cybersecurity training.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/> He also worked with [[Lorrie Cranor]] and her research team on data breach notification terminology, a study that was presented at the [[USENIX]] Symposium 2022. He also worked with Lorrie Cranor on data breach notification terminology research, presented at the 2022 USENIX Symposium, and with Yuvraj Agarwal and Cranor on the Mites sensor project, designed for environmental data monitoring in buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/03/1070665/cmu-university-privacy-battle-smart-building-sensors-mites/|title=Computer scientists designing the future can't agree on what privacy means|website=MIT Technology Review}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/10/1071177/behind-the-scenes-carnegie-mellons-privacy-dispute-mites/|title=Behind the scenes of Carnegie Mellon's heated privacy dispute|website=MIT Technology Review}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/04/04/2238249/inside-the-bitter-campus-privacy-battle-over-smart-building-sensors|title=Inside the Bitter Campus Privacy Battle Over Smart Building Sensors - Slashdot|date=April 4, 2023}}</ref>

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