Kristen is a first-year PhD student and Draper Scholar from Dayton, OH. She holds a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, where she performed research on optimization under uncertainty for missions to Uranus. She is also a 2021 Brooke Owens Fellow and has worked at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Radiance Technologies, and The Boeing Company on projects ranging from automated statistical analysis algorithms to space reconnaissance missions. Her research focuses on algorithm development for trajectory design and uncertainty quantification and propagation. She is co-advised by Dr. Daniel Scheeres.聽