Astronomy

Stephanie Striegel

Lead Operations Engineer

Disciplines: Astronomy

Degree/Major: MS in Physics and Astronomy, 2023, San Jose State University.

Role: Scientist

Biography

Stephanie is the lead operations engineer for the Science Processing Operations Center (SPOC) located at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC). Her work supports the TESS mission, enabling the detection and study of exoplanets. Stephanie received her MSc in Physics and Astronomy from San Jose State University where she studied how machine learning could be used for phase detection of ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices.