Lauren Kafadarian
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Bio: I hold a BS in Aerospace Engineering from UCLA and an MS in Astronautical Engineering from USC. Previously, I worked as an Operations Systems Engineer at NASA-JPL, contributing to the M2020 Sampling and Caching (SNC) and MSL Mobility and Mechanisms (Mob/Mech) teams. Currently, I am pursuing a Dual-Title Ph.D. in Planetary Science and Astrobiology. I aim to leverage my engineering background in my research to experimentally study high-pressure aqueous solutions relevant to icy moons, with the goal of understanding their potential habitability.