About Dr. Baumbauer
Carol Baumbauer is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University. Her research focuses on sensor systems for precision agriculture and environmental monitoring, blending aspects of electrical engineering, materials science, manufacturing, and environmental science.
Prior to joining Boise State, she completed her postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked on electrochemical sensors for use in soil. She led an interdisciplinary team developing a low-cost, wireless network of sensors aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
She earned her PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2022. Her doctoral research centered on creating printed biodegradable soil nitrate sensors and for precision agriculture.
Before her PhD, she received her MS in EECS from UC Berkeley in 2019, focusing on printed passive RFID sensor tags. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Montana State University.
She has been awarded the prestigious Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellowship and was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow.