Kara Gaiser
Mentor, ScienceFair Current 4th-year at UC Berkeley studying Mechanical Engineering with Aerospace Engineering concentration. Also completed 2 business tracks through UC Berkeley in entrepreneurship and leadership.
About this speaker
Honored 2025 Brooke Owens Fellow: named top ~40 undergraduate Women in Aerospace for 2025. Internship experience at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Vast Space.
Competed in Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in High School (2x Grand Award Winner) in bioengineering/aerospace engineering-related fields. Published research in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) senior year of high school, and invited to present at AIAA SciTech, the world's largest aerospace industry conference. Awarded 17 science fair awards for this research project from regional, state, to international level of ISEF science competitions. Also led high school Aerospace Team to become National Champions of the American Rocketry Challenge in 2021 (in addition to Best in Tri-Cities, WA (2021), and Best First Time Finalists (2021), and Marketing Competition Winner (2020) and Runner-up (2021)). Biochemistry certification from Harvard University.
