Jennifer Berry

Originally from New Zealand, Berry is a Ph.D. student in Control and Dynamical Systems at the California Institute of Technology. Her work lies at the intersection of aerospace and sustainability: active space debris removal and low-impact exploration of planetary environments. Her journey into space systems began through a project with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she researched fault-tolerant control systems for planetary flight. Berry currently serves as co-chair of the 2026 Caltech Space Challenge.