Catherine Thibaud Cabin Air Quality Lead Airbus Commercial

Catherine-Thibaud
Dr. Catherine Thibaud is the Cabin Air Quality Lead for Airbus Commercial. In her role, she is in charge of defining and implementing Airbus’ strategy in the area of cabin air quality.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, Catherine is also part of Airbus’ Keep Trust in Air Travel initiative that was launched to help the aerospace industry weather the current pandemic. In particular, Catherine is guiding the work performed in the area of cabin ventilation and disinfection.

Prior to joining Airbus, Catherine worked at United Technologies developing life support and air purification systems and processes for the US space program, US Navy and for commercial buildings and aircraft.

Catherine holds a Bachelor Degree and a Master Degree in Chemical Engineering from the
National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (France) and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University.