Kathy Doughty

Dr. Kathryn Doughty founded Fifth Gait Technologies, Inc., in 2007. Prior to founding Fifth Gait, Kathy served as a subject matter expert at GH Systems, and as a project manager and technical lead at ATK for efforts on the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Nuclear Capabilities Services (NuCS) program and on the Sensors Hardening Technology program. Kathy has also performed simulation and evaluation of the effects of radiation in-pixel mitigation schemes in FPAs under various system conditions and radiation environments.

As a radiations-effects scientist with over a decade of experience in the effects of radiation environments on semiconductor devices and materials, Kathy has performed radiation environment predictions and shielding effects for multiple U.S. Defense Programs. Her background includes the development of detectors and detector materials, testing, simulation and optimization of IR and visible detectors and device performance in degrading environments, including natural and man-made nuclear environments. She holds patent US5978399: Electrically-tunable infrared detectors and method based on intraband transitions in quantum well structures, 1999.

As the founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kathy holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Solid State Physics and a Master of Science in Physics from the University of California – Santa Barbara, and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the California Institute of Technology. She is an active member of the Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology {HEART) Society serving on the Executive Steering Committee, an SRC Fellow and a member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.