She earned her PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of Utah and was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She earned her BS in Chemistry from Black Hills State University, and was excited to be able to return to her alma mater in 2011 as a professor. Dr. Jensen is a physical organic chemist with research interests in photocatalysis. She runs an active undergraduate research group at BHSU and works to promote gender equity in science. She founded and is the faculty advisor for the Women in Science Technology Engineering and Math (WISTEM) student organization at BHSU and is on the board of directors for Youth in Science Rapid City, which organizes an annual Women in Science Conference for middle and high school girls in the Black Hills.