Karen Dowling

Karen M. Dowling received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 2013, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, CA in 2015, where she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in the EXtreme Environments Microsystems Laboratory (XLab) under Prof. Senesky.

Her research interests include the use of wideband gap materials for the development of sensors for extreme environments, in particular magnetic field sensors for the Europa Environment. Ms. Dowling is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and currently serves as the student president of the NSF Engineering Research Center for the Power Optimization of Electro Thermal Systems.