Kristine Spekkens

Kristine Spekkens (born September 28, 1977) is a Canadian astronomer, and is the Canadian science director for the Square Kilometre Array. She is a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University.
Early life and education.
Spekkens was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up in Burlington, Ontario. She represented Canada in netball at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and at the 1999 World Championships.
Spekkens received her B.Sc. from Queen's University in 2000 and her PhD from Cornell University in 2005.
Career.
After finishing her PhD work, Spekkens received a prize Jansky Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Rutgers University. In 2008 she became an assistant professor at the Physics department of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). In 2013 she was cross-appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy at Queen's University. In 2015 she was promoted to associate professor at RMC.
Spekkens' research focuses on the structure and evolution of nearby galaxies.
She is currently on the board of directors of the Square Kilometre Array, representing Canada.