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Kerri Cahoy is an associate professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and leads the MIT Space Telecommunications, Astronomy, Radiation (STAR) Lab. Her research focuses on developing nanosatellite laser communication systems and weather sensors, including the Microsized Microwave Atmospheric Satellite (MicroMAS) and the Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration (MiRaTA) mission. Dr. Cahoy has extensive experience working with spacecraft radio systems, space weather, and planetary atmospheric sensing, utilizing a method known as radio occultation. Her doctoral research involved radio occultation studies of the upper atmosphere of Mars using the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Additionally, she contributed to the MIT Gravity Recovery Interior Laboratory lunar mission team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She supports space telescope missions, including the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) and actively participates in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.