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Name: Naia Butler-Craig
Education: BS AE Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, MS AE & PhD candidate Georgia Institute of Technology
Skillset: vacuum chamber testing, cathode fabrication, thruster repair, laser Thomson scattering
Honors/Awards: Forbes 30 under 30, Royal Astronomical Society Annie Maunder Medal, BEYA Modern Day Technology Leader, NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity, GEM Fellowship
Role in JANUS: Graduate Researcher PI Dr. Mitchell Walker
Description of Project: Characterizing near field electron properties of a magnetically shielded hall thruster with different electrical boundary conditions using laser Thomson scattering
Outside interests/hobbies: aerial athletics, dance, STEAM outreach, public speaking, organizational leadership, systems engineering