Zahra Nenna Heussen

Zahra received her B.Sc. in Physics from University College London in 2022 and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in EE at Stanford University. Her research interests include material synthesis in microgravity, including MOFs, and extreme environment sensing. Zahra has previously completed an NSF REU in Nonlinear Dynamics at the University of Maryland Institute of Research into Electronics and Applied Physics (2021). She has also interned at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (2021). She is a 2022 recipient of the Stanford Graduate Fellowship and the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Fellowship.