{"id":3503,"date":"2021-08-20T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/?post_type=person&#038;p=3503"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:49:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T13:49:14","slug":"jessica-pena-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/jessica-pena-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Pe\u00f1a, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" col-md-9\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/CDE-JessicaPena.jpg\" alt=\"Jessica Pe\u00f1a\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h3 mt-5\">Career Aspiration:<\/h2>\n<p>Laser scientist working in industry or in a government lab<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h3\">Research<\/h2>\n<p>Pe\u00f1a works in CREOL\u2019s 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 \u201cwire\u201d the width of a human hair. This intense plasma channel has many unusual properties the lab is trying to better understand. Application for this technology ranges from defense to communications to machining. Pe\u00f1a propagates these laser plasmas at low pressures and in aerosol dense environments like clouds. She also creates these plasma structures at a kilometer long outdoor range on the Space Coast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote blockquote-quotation\"><p>The most important skills I have developed while conducting research is my problem-solving skills. Lab work requires problem solving on the spot, and continually learning how to most efficiently and effectively find solutions to experimental problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer text-right\">\u2014 Jessica Pe\u00f1a, PhD in Optics and Photonics<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Career Aspiration: Laser scientist working in industry or in a government lab Research Pe\u00f1a works in CREOL\u2019s 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. 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