Mina is currently a Senior Postdoctoral Associate in the Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication (QNN) group in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Mina’s research focuses on the interaction between an ultrafast laser pulse and a sample (nanodevices, gases, complex material, etc.), using this interaction to understand more about the sample, the laser pulse, or the interaction itself. Originally hailing from Livermore, CA, Mina received her B.S. in physics from Stanford University with a minor in French literature. Afterwards she was a Research Associate at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) in Menlo Park, CA where she developed the time tool that is used to measure the relative arrival time between an x-ray pulse and an optical laser. She then did her PhD in physics in the Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité (LCAR) at the Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France where she studied ultrafast electron emission from sharp metallic nanotips. Her postdoctoral research at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique – Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications (INRS-EMT) in Varennes, Québec examined the insulator to metal phase transition in vanadium dioxide. Currently she is researching optical field effects on nanostructured devices. Mina is a senior member of The Optical Society (OSA), a member of the American Physical Society (APS), and a member of the Association for Women In Science (AWIS). Mina is also an active member of the MIT Postdoctoral Association's Advocacy and Diversity Equity & Inclusion Boards as well as the Postdoctoral Women Engaged in Research (PoWER) group at MIT. In her spare time Mina enjoys cooking, running, and traveling.

advisor: Béatrice Chatel
co-advisor: Benoît Chalopin
Thesis: New experiment for understanding the physical mechanisms of ultrafast laser-induced electron emission from novel metallic nanotips