Kyoko Kitamura

Kyoko Kitamura received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics in 2011, from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. From 2008 to 2011, she was a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University. From 2011 to 2012, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyoto University. From 2012 to 2015, she was an Assistant Professor in the Hakubi Center for Advanced Reserch, Kyoto University. She is currently a Lecturer in the Institute for the Promotion of University Strategy, Global Excellence, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan. Her research interests include manipulation of laser beams using PCSELs and peculiar focusing properties and interaction with nano-structures in vector vortex beams. She received various awards, including Kyoto University the Tachibana Award for the Most Outstanding Female Researcher/the Students’ Prize (2011), the Japan Society of Applied Physics Promotion and Nurturing of Female Researchers Contribution Award/the Young researchers’ Prize (2015), and The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology/the Young Scientists’ Prize (2016). She is a member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics and Optical Society of America.