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Career Aspiration: Laser scientist working in industry or in a government lab Research Peña works in CREOL’s Laser Plasma Laboratory. Her research focuses on the propagation of high energy, ultrashort pulse lasers. These laser pulses are so intense that propagating through air induces breakdown in the air. This results in a long plasma “wire” the…