Heidi N. Becker

Received a B.S. in Physics from California Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2001 and a B.F.A. from New York University in 1990. She has been with JPL for 10 years. She was the Mission Assurance Sensor Lead for the Juno Mission, leading the evaluation of Jupiter radiation environment effects on Juno's Stellar Reference Unit and sensor-based science payload instruments. She is currently leading the development of models and approaches for monitoring the on-orbit Jovian radiation environment via Juno engineering telemetry and science data products during operations. She was the Sensor Technology Principal Investigator and Task Manager (JPL) for the NASA Electronic Parts & Packaging Program (Radiation) from 2003–2010, Flight Detector Qualification Task Manager for the Interplanetary Network Directorate Optical Communications Technology Program from 2008–2009, and a member of the USAF Space & Missile System Center Independent (Star Tracker) Readiness Review Team, Wideband Gapfiller System, MILSATCOM from 2005–2006.