Sara Manafi

Sara Manafi, Ph.D., is an accomplished RF Engineer and Antenna Designer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with experience in Flight Communications Systems and notable projects including VERITAS, SDC, MSR, VenSAR, and Enceladus. Prior to this role, Sara worked at Ansys as a Senior EM Content Developer and Application Engineer in RF, and contributed as an Antenna Designer focusing on phased array antennas at Wafer. Sara began a research career as a Research Assistant at the University of Colorado Boulder, where advanced studies were pursued leading to a Ph.D. in RF and a Master's in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. Additional education includes professional development at MIT in Architecture and Systems Engineering and a postgraduate degree in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from Purdue University, complemented by a Master's degree from the University of Tabriz in similar engineering disciplines.