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Dr. Shouleh Nikzad is a JPL Technology Fellow, Senior Research Scientist, a Principal Engineer, and the Technical Supervisor and Lead for the Advanced Detectors, Systems, and Nanoscience Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Shouleh holds visiting faculty and lecturer appointments at Caltech Physics, Math, and Astronomy Division and Caltech’s Medical Engineering Department and previously at Neurosurgery Departments of Cedar Sinai Medical Center and USC Keck school of medicine. Her research focuses on ultraviolet/visible/near infrared image sensors and instruments for space astrophysics, planetary sciences, astrophysics, space weather, and medicine. Dr. Nikzad is a Fellow of IEEE, APS, SPIE, and National Academy of Inventors. She received the IEEE-Photonics Distinguished Lecturer Award (2019-20) and she currently chairs the IEEE Photonics local chapter. Her awards and recognitions include 2021 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, SPIE’s 2021 Aden and Marjorie Meinel Technology Achievement Award, several NASA Honor Award – Group Achievement Awards, SBMT Pioneer in Medicine Award (Technology and Leadership), Optical Society of America (OSA)’s Global Women of Light, and NASA-JPL’s Lew Allen Award of Excellence. Dr. Nikzad holds a PhD in Applied physics from Caltech, a MSEE from Caltech, and a BSEE with honors from University of Southern California.