With a background in EE and Modern AI, Kirstin specializes in designing and constructing prototypes for bio-inspired robots. She is currently finishing a graduate degree in CS at Harvard University and the Wyss Institute in Boston, MA, focused on termites as inspiration for automated collective construction. Prior research includes the EU-project, Cilia, with the University of Southern Denmark, the Nordex project, ReGen, with the Svenska Yrkeshogskolan, Finland, alongside several minor projects with the Planetary Robotics Group at Jet Propulsion Lab in California. Her hobbies include travel, hiking, and drawing.

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