Allen Andersen received a B.S. in Physics from BYU–Idaho in 2012 and a Ph.D. in Physics from Utah State University in 2018. He is currently with the Natural Space Environments group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where he manages the Reliability Technology Test (RATT) Lab. His research focuses on spacecraft charging and radiation effects in planetary radiation belts and interplanetary environments, including surface and internal charging, discharging, micrometeoroid and orbital debris, and dusty environments. He specializes in both laboratory and computational simulations of space radiation and charging environments, with hands-on experience in high-voltage DC systems, electron beams, high vacuum, low-current measurements, and cryogenic techniques. His computational work includes data processing, error analysis, and theoretical modeling. Allen served as the space weather forecaster for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter and as a member of the Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Working Group for the Europa Clipper mission.