Ellen is a postgraduate research student currently studying for a PhD as part of a collaboration between the Open University and Dynamic Imaging Analytics Ltd. She previously obtained an MEng Mechanical Engineering from the University of Warwick including two years of involvement with the Warwick University Satellite Team (WUSAT). Ellen's current research involves the analysis of collisions analogous with those at the earliest stages of planet formation with a particular focus on the development of a light-field based imaging system to perform automated tracking of icy-particles.