Education:
M.Sc. Applied and Computational Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University
B.A. Physics (honors), Bryn Mawr College
B.A. Russian, Bryn Mawr College

Hometown: Wilmette, IL

Lindsey Marinello is a Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology with research interests in spacecraft navigation and optical systems. Concurrently, she is a navigation engineer in the Space Exploration Sector at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). Previously, she worked as a Photonics Engineer in APL’s Air and Missile Defense Sector, where she supported the development of electro-optical sensing and communications systems.

Prior to beginning doctoral studies at Georgia Tech, Lindsey completed her M.Sc. at Johns Hopkins University in Applied and Computational Mathematics. Additionally, Lindsey holds bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Russian from Bryn Mawr College. She is also a 2017 Boren Scholar who has completed advanced Russian language training in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Lindsey’s undergraduate research experience includes a thesis in dynamics and control advised by Dr. Mark Yim at the University of Pennsylvania. She has conducted internships in G&C at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and she is an alumna of the NASA Robotics Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center.