Christopher Kroninger is a researcher and team leader of the Microsystem Mechanics Team in the Autonomous Systems Division of the Army Research Laboratory and the Government Lead of the Heterogeneous Group Control Research Area of the Distributed and Collaborative Intelligent Systems and Technology (DCIST) Collaborative Research Alliance. Kroninger previously served as the Government Technical Area Lead for the Micromechanics Center of the Micro-autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA). His research has focused primarily on the experimental and analytic aerodynamic study of rotary and flapping wing flight. His work pertains to the design and assessment of insect-scale wings and the understanding the aerodynamic limits of aerial robotic flight.