Kerri Cahoy

Background and Education

Kerri Cahoy is an associate professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT and leads the MIT Space Telecommunications, Astronomy, and Radiation (STAR) Lab. She develops nanosatellite laser communication systems and weather sensors, such as the Microsized Microwave Atmospheric Satellite (MicroMAS) and the Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration (MiRaTA) mission.

Dr. Cahoy previously worked on spacecraft radio systems for space weather and planetary atmospheric sensing, a method called radio occultation. Her doctoral research was on radio occultation studies of the upper atmosphere of Mars using the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, and on the MIT Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory lunar mission team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Awards and Honors

• Committed to Caring, MIT | 2020 
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) | 2018
• Outstanding UROP Mentor, MIT | 2013
• Co-Op Mentor of the Year, Cornell University | 2008