Articles & Interviews

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When Scientists and Policy Makers Speak the Same Language, Episode 9, Season 4 of “Deep Pockets” podcast with Petra Soderling, Oct. 2024

Colorado Photonics Industry Association Video Interview Apr. 2023

“Episode 0023 – Christina” Feel Free to Deviate Podcast Apr. 2022

Email & Networking Workshop with Dr. Christina Willis | NSPN Professional Development Week July 2021

Christina C. C. Willis || The Senate & Space Lasers Dec. 2020

Articles by Dr. Willis:

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Sustainable networking: Your network’s success is your success May 2020
Sustainable networking: The kindness of advance preparation June 2020
A two-part series illuminating aspects of Sustainable Networking for Scientists and Engineers for the Electro Optics trade journal.

A Scientist’s Guide to Testifying before Congress Mar. 2020
Policy article describing Congressional testimony for scientists in Photonics Focus magazine.

Phase transitions: A laser scientist in a policy world Apr. 2020
Policy article describing a scientist’s experience in transitioning from industry to policy work for the Electro Optics trade journal.

Optics Does That? Giving Historic Objects a Laser Polish July 2020
Optics Does That? Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand Dec. 2019
Optics Does That?: Sex-enriched Bovine Semen Sep. 2019
Optics Does That? With Dr. Ashleigh Haruda, Zooarchaeologist May 2019
SPIE “Optics Does That?” series that contains interviews of people who use optical tools for their interesting or unusual non-optics jobs.

The underrepresentation of women in STEM: do stereotypes play a role? May 2016
Analysis & Opinion article for Electro Optics trade journal.