2008 Up-and-Coming Women in Optics Interview Series
The 2008 Up-and-Coming Women in Optics Interview Series profiles twelve women, striving to make long-lasting contributions to the field of optics and the science-education community. Though they reside in an array of countries, have different educational backgrounds and diverse career goals, they all share a commitment to the OSA community. Check in monthly to read a new interview; complied by dedicated OSA volunteer, Jennifer Kruschwitz.
The interviews will be featured here in the Minorities and Women in OSA section of osa.org and in the monthly newsletter. To receive periodic email updates, including the MWOSA newsletter, please contact the MWOSA Department at mwosa@osa.org.
 Brooke Hester, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Brooke Hester is a PhD student working in the Optical Tweezers Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In addition, she recently founded the OSA University of Maryland, College Park Student Chapter. |
 Alia Sabur, Konkuk University, South Korea
In February of 2008, at age 19, the Guinness Book of World Records named Alia Sabur the world’s youngest university professor. She is currently teaching at Konkuk University, in South Korea. |
 Ciara Close, University College Dublin, Ireland
Ciara Close is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Photopolymers and their applications at the University College Dublin. |
 Yasaman Soudagar, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
Yasaman Soudagar grew up in Tehran, Iran. Her story is one of a struggling female student fighting to be considered an equal by her male counterparts to a promising physicist with the endless possibilities. |
 Ruby Raheem, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruby Raheem does graduate-level Biophotonics research at the University of Edinburgh. When she's not using optics to probe into the molecular mechanism of living cells, she's organizing optics activities on campus, and dedicating time to reach out to young students. |
 Desiré Whitmore, University of California, Irvine, USA
Desiré Whitmore is a 3rd year Ph.D. student at the University of California, Irvine, studying Chemical and Material Physics. |
 Meredith Lee, Stanford University, USA
Meredith Lee is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, and has been President of the Stanford Chapter of OSA and SPIE since 2006. |
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