Cong grew up on Pingtan Island located in the eastern coastal area in Fujian Province, China. He received his B.S. in Physics from NJU (Nanjing University, China) in 2010. In his undergraduate study, he conducted research on multiferroic materials and metamaterials. Cong joined the KM group in May, 2011 and is working on photoemission experiments. In his free time he enjoys swimming and hiking...

Jennifer grew up in Austin, TX. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in both physics and astronomy. Her undergraduate research was primarily in astronomy, studying white dwarf stars. After realizing she loved the more hands on aspects of experimental research she decided to pursue a PhD in physics, and joined the KM group in the summer of 2012. When not in the lab...

Ben attended the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in Golden, CO, where he obtained his B.S. in Engineering Physics with summa cum laude honors (2011).  He then conducted graduate research with Chip Durfee at CSM, focusing on the measurement of ultrafast dynamics in semiconductors using a transient grating apparatus, which earned him a M.S. in Applied Physics (2012).  He then began his PhD career...

Michael graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007 with a B.S. in Physics where he worked in Todd Ditmire's group on the Texas Petawatt laser. He joined the KM group in January of 2008 and works on scaling high harmonic sources to higher photon energies. In his free time he spends a lot of time in the mountains around Boulder.

Daniel Hickstein graduated with a BA in Chemistry from Pomona College (Claremont, California) in 2007.  He earned a masters in Physics from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2008 doing crystallography research with Dr. Jacqueline Cole.  He started his PhD in the Chemistry department at the University of Colorado in the fall of 2008 and joined the Kapteyn Murnane group that winter.  He grew...

Kathy graduated with a BS in Physics in 2008 from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. As an undergrad she conducted research on the photoassociation of laser-cooled atomic krypton, the spin periods of Trojan asteroids and the dynamics of asteroids in the main belt. She spent about eight months in domestic disaster relief along the U.S. Gulf Coast, surveying and rebuilding hurricane-damaged...

Dimitar joined Kapteyn-Murnane group in January 2010. He did his M.Sc. in Physics (May 2010) in the group of Torsten Fiebig at Boston College. Dimitar obtained his B.Sc. from Sofia University, Bulgaria, in theoretical Physics in the field of Laser Physics and Quantum Electronics. He is currently working on 'lensless' imaging of femstosecond dynamics of high energy density plasma using coherent...

Elisabeth graduated with a B.S. in physics from New York University in 2010. She did undergraduate work with Professor David Grier developing new types of optical traps. She came to Boulder in 2011 and joined the Kapteyn-Murnane group in 2012, where she works on lensless EUV imaging. Her hobbies include drawing, skiing, hiking, and rock climbing.