Prashansa Gupta
Prashansa is an Astrophysicist turned Senior Software Engineer based in Toronto, Canada. She currently works at Planet as a Tech Lead for one of the Analysis Ready Data product team, wherein satellite images are processed into useful time series for users to work with. She has previously engaged in various fields like data science and SRE spanning multiple industries of marketing, cybersecurity and retail. In her past life, Prashansa was an independent researcher, where she spent about 10+ years in academics, studying physics and astronomy. She worked on topics like gravity and cosmology, radio interferometry, extrasolar planetary sciences and the motion of stars. Throughout her career, Prashansa has been an Educator, volunteered & organized workshops for and mentored people of all ages, be it kids or parents. She is a passionate advocate of diversity and inclusion at all levels, and encourages and supports STEM education for all.