Two lectures by Aria Vitkova from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication BUT invites you to two exciting lectures by Aria Vitkova  from NASA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at JPL. In the first of these on December 11 at 11:00am, learn about her inspiring journey through the space industry. The second one, on the same day at 14:00, will offer a technical look at space exploration instruments, focusing on the key technologies she worked on.

Aria Vitkova is a distinguished scientist and engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). She received her PhD in Engineering and Physical Sciences from the University of Southampton in 2023, where she focused on the development of a miniaturized Raman instrument for detecting biosignatures on Europa and other icy worlds. Prior to her PhD, she obtained a Master's degree in Space Systems Engineering. Her expertise includes instrumentation for planetary exploration, with a primary focus on in-situ instruments for life detection and mineralogy on icy worlds.

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