As a doctoral student in the Harvard-MIT Health Science and Technology Program and a Draper Fellow, Rachel studies Medical Engineering and Medical Physics. She previously received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, RI in 2018. Through the Bioastronautics Training Program, her current research with the MIT Human Systems Lab focuses on wearable technology for space and Earth applications, providing solutions for physiological adaptations in extreme environments and developing terrestrial rehabilitation technologies. Rachel is passionate about allowing humans to live and work safely in space, and finding ways to translate space research to Earth applications.