• 4th year graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Washington
• BS in Chemistry and Math from the University of Puget Sound
• Research interests: device fabrication, characterization, polymer engineering
• Current projects: microring resonators with EO material cladding, electrospun nanofibers as sacrificial masks, chromophore alignment via electrospinning, two-photon absorptive chromophore synthesis, building of simple reflection and second harmonic generation instruments
• Special interests: Karate, foreign language and culture, dance, cuisine

Publications:

Takayesu, J.; Rousslang, K. “Analysis of 2-Aminopurine Using Steady-state and Time-resolved Phosphorescence Spectroscopy.” Book of Abstracts, 222nd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, April, 2002.

Takayesu, J.; Rousslang, K. “Analysis of 2-Aminopurine Using Steady-state and Time-resolved Phosphorescence Spectroscopy.” Book of Abstracts, 223nd ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 2003.