2025KISS Postdoc & Graduate Student Affiliates
Nominated by the Caltech faculty, KISS Affiliates are an ongoing cohort of Campus graduate students and postdocs who are seen as the next generation of space exploration leaders. Many KISS Affiliates share that their interactions with the Institute and the people they meet through the Institute comprise some of their best experiences at Caltech. KISS provides them unique experiences with industry CEOs, astronauts, space mission leaders, NASA leadership and world-renowned space exploration researchers.
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Alex Mori Carroll
EAS grad student
Jean Somalwar
PMA grad student
2021
Danica J. Adams
GPS grad student
Nikhil Ranganathan
EAS grad student
2020
Helen Wexler
EAS grad student
2019
James Tuttle Keane
GPS postdoc
Jacklyn Pezzato
PMA grad student
Ben Riviere
EAS grad student
Eva Scheller
GPS grad student
2018
Valerie Fox
GPS postdoc
Kyunam Kim
EAS postdoc
Michael O'Connell
EAS grad student
