Dr. Kashmira Nakhoda sat down to discuss her journey through optics. Kashmira shared her early work on metrology and scattering modeling of the DKIST 4.2 m primary mirror and how she progressed to X-Ray synchotron application metrology and design. She also explored what makes a lab group, or any group, great to be a part of, how to continue learning, and how she has arrived at her current position of having a consulting business, RayKi Consulting. This was a really great discussion, and Kashmira shared not only her incredible optics knowledge, but also her valuable perspective on a career in optics. I hope you enjoy as much as I did.

References:

1. DKIST Fabrication and Metrology: http://www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/documents/journal_articles/DKIST_SPIE_2016_CJO.pdf2)
2. PSD from Smooth Surfaces: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/8838/883805/Use-of-the-surface-PSD-and-incident-angle-adjustments-to/10.1117/12.2024612.short
3. PSF Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_spread_function
4. Instantaneous Sagnac Interferometer: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0030399222003255?via%3Dihub
5. Coded Aperture for X-Ray Fluorescence Full Field Imaging: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/iucr/doi/10.1107/S1600577520012308
6. Jonathan Livingston Seagull: https://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Livingston-Seagull-Richard-Bach/dp/147679331X
7. 2D PSF Prediction for Multiple Reflections: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9961/1/Two-dimensional-PSF-prediction-of-multiple-reflection-optical-systems-with/10.1117/12.2235410.short#_=_
8. Novel Methods in PSF Prediction (Dissertation): https://www.politesi.polimi.it/handle/10589/133575?locale=it