• BS Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017
• PhD Optical Science, University of Arizona, 2022
  • Dissertation: Infrared Polarimetry for Remote Sensing

• Sensors, Microdevices and Instruments  | Remote/In Situ/Life Detection Instruments And Sensors
• Sensors, Microdevices and Instruments  | Observatory Technologies
• Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing  | Flight, Ground, And Edge Computing

• Calibration and Validation  
• optical modeling  
• optics  
• polarimetry  
• polarization  
• polarization metrology  

[1] Hart, Kira A., et al. "First results from an uncooled LWIR polarimeter for cubesat deployment." Optical Engineering 59.7 (2020): 075103-075103.

[2] Shanks, Kira A., et al. "High-altitude demonstration of LWIR polarimetry using uncooled microbolometers." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 315 (2024): 108872.