Dr. Abbie Stevens is the manager of programming at the MSU Museum CoLab Studio. In her previous role at MSU, she was an NSF- and NASA-funded astronomy researcher, and she maintains active research ties via X-ray space telescope collaborations and open-source software development. Alongside this work, she is involved in science advising on creative projects, data science and science literacy education, and mental health initiatives in academia. Before moving to Michigan, Abbie did her PhD at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, her MSc at the University of Alberta in Canada, and her BA at Bard College in upstate New York.