Liza Gunther

Liza Gunther is a master’s student in Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado. In the HI-SNR lab, she is researching how to better estimate water resources stored in snow by using synthetic aperture radar. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a staff scientist at Quantum Catalyzer, where she contributed to the development and commercialization of quantum sensors, primarily for wide-field magnetic field imaging. Liza earned her B.S. in Physics with high honors and a minor in Sustainability from the University of Maryland (UMD). As an undergraduate, she researched nitrogen-vacancy centers and the design capabilities of the Quantum Diamond Microscope at the Institute of Optics and in the Walsworth Group at UMD. She also researched the electrostatics of few-atom quantum devices at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Liza has a strong interest in applying optical and RF technologies to environmental sensing. In her free time, you can find her drinking chai lattes, swimming, biking, and re-learning how to run.