#  Jenna Samra 

Lecturer in Astronomy

SAO Astrophysicist

 

 

 



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Jenna Samra develops telescopes and spectrometers to observe the solar corona at extreme ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths from aircraft, balloons, and satellites. Her research interests include solar magnetometry, optical design, modeling, and alignment, analysis of spectroscopic and image data, image processing algorithm development, infrared detector characterization, sensor calibration, and control system design.