Mitra Rahimain

Mitra did her undergraduate studies in physics at Tehran University in Iran. She then completed her master’s program in the field of photonics where she worked on whispering gallery modes in ring resonators. After graduation she decided to continue her academic career by travelling abroad and she chose Canada where she joined Professor Bhardwaj’s extreme ultrafast photonics group to pursue her PhD in physics. Her research interests include structuring material at the nanoscale using femtosecond light. In particular, she applies structured light such as vector vortex beams that can carry orbital angular momentum on surfaces of various materials from silicon to glass and polymers. Her passion is to explore the fundamental physical processes behind phenomena such as light-matter interactions and understanding the potential features of laser ablation techniques from pure science to applications and technologies. She is an experimental physicist who loves spending hours in the lab and conducting a wide range of experiments using state of the art ultrafast laser sources. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, photography, and reading. She also likes adventures such as traveling to different countries and learning various cultures.