Heather Wilkens

Heather Wilkens currently works as a Manager of Business Development at ATA Engineering, where Heather promotes innovative solutions through test and analysis-driven design. Heather has previous experience as a trustee at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and as a Business Development Manager at General Atomics, where Heather led projects to drive new business. As a Group Leader and Scientist, Heather managed the Coatings Group at General Atomics. Prior to that, Heather was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, specializing in transmission electron microscopy. Heather also completed an MBA at The Wharton School and a PhD in Physics at the University of Minnesota.