Jessica Barber

Barber specializes in FPGA firmware, computer architecture, and hardware design. She has served as the PI for LeafLabs on an active Neuroscience grant with the NIH. Before joining LeafLabs in 2010, Barber developed FPGA systems at SpaceX. She was a primary developer on the CUCU radio, which is currently installed in orbit on the ISS, that enables communication with the SpaceX Dragon capsule. Among her other accomplishments Barber is a published author of science fiction. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. Physics ‘08, B.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science ‘10)