Kristen Donnell (S’07-M’11-SM’12) received her B.S.E.E. degree in May 2001 from Colorado State University, her M.S.E.E degree in December 2003 from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in December 2010. Her Ph.D. research was conducted at the Applied Microwave Nondestructive Testing Laboratory (AMNTL). She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri S&T and the Director of the Microwave Sensing (mSense) Laboratory.  Prior to starting her Ph.D. work, Kristen was employed by Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA, from 2003 to 2006 as a Systems Engineer and Electrical Engineer. Dr. Donnell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and is also involved with the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society as a member of the Administrative Committee. In this capacity, she has served in numerous appointed and elected roles since 2007.