Ottavia Personeni

Ottavia is an MS student in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford. Her studies are focused on mechatronics and robotics software, with a particular interest in robotics for space systems and humanity in space. Ottavia earned her BS degree in Mechanical Engineering with Computer Science from MIT, where she conducted research on electrospray thrusters in the MIT Space Propulsion Lab. At MIT, she was the libero and captain of the Women's Varsity Volleyball team. Born in Milan, Ottavia grew up mainly in the Washington, D.C. area and is fluent in 3 languages. She has completed internships across 2 continents and 3 countries, at Firefly Aerospace, D-Orbit, and IMDEA Energy. In her free time, she loves traveling, spikeball and skiing, exploring new restaurants, and reading mystery novels.