Caroline Crystal

Born and raised in New York City, Caroline Crystal graduated with a B.A. in Global Affairs and History from Yale University. After a yearlong fellowship in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Caroline spent two years at the primary implementing partner for the State Department’s Conflict Observatory Program using open-source information and satellite imagery analysis to document potential violations of international law and to support humanitarian field teams in Ukraine and Sudan. Most recently, Caroline worked for the DEVELOP National Program at NASA’s Ames Research Center, where she used earth observations to monitor air pollution and associated public health outcomes, and she is currently a NASA Lifelines Fellow. Outside of the classroom, Caroline enjoys morning park walks, science and nature podcasts, and trying to cook new foods.