Esashi
Yuka Esashi
Yuka is from Kyoto, Japan. She received her B.A. in Physics from Reed College in Portland, Oregon in 2017. Her undergraduate thesis focused on the characterization and generation of non-diffracting beams. She started her Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado Boulder and joined the Kapteyn-Murnane group in fall of 2017, where she is currently working in the imaging team. When not in the lab Yuka enjoys hiking, watching plays, and visiting art museums.
Honors & Awards:
- SPIE Nick Cobb Memorial Scholarship (2021)
- 2020 Winner of the Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA) Poster Contest
- R&D100 Award (2019)
Room(s)
X220
Email
Yuka.Esashi@colorado.edu
Phone
303-492-6663
Period With Group
2017—2023
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