Rachel Kennedy

Rachel Kennedy currently serves as a Bioinformatics Engineer at Invitae since November 2018 and has been a Senior Scientific Programmer at Caribou Biosciences since May 2016. Prior experience includes roles as a Data Scientist at Genia Technologies (March 2015 - May 2016), a Graduate Student Researcher at the Institute for Computational Cosmology, University of Durham (September 2011 - October 2014), and a Research Assistant at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (January 2010 - June 2011). Additionally, Rachel worked as a Graduate Student Instructor/Grading Assistant at UC Berkeley (January 2010 - December 2010) and completed a research internship at MIT Haystack Observatory (June 2010 - August 2010). Educational background includes a Master’s of Science in Astrophysics from the University of Durham (2011 - 2014) and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley (2006 - 2010), with a study abroad year at the University of St Andrews (2008 - 2009). Research contributions include identifying constraints on dark matter models and assessing the capabilities of astronomical survey telescopes.