{{:people:ana.jpg?200X300|Ana Villafranca}}\\ ** Ana Villafranca**\\ Graduate student, Ph.D. candidate Engineering Physics\\ //Office//: ABB/A402A\\ //Email//: villafab@mcmaster.ca\\ //Phone//: 905-525-9140 Ext. 22434\\ M.Sc. Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Canada\\ B.Sc. Engineering Physics, ([[http://www.itesm.mx|ITESM Monterrey, Mexico]] )\\ Currently working in [[http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/saravanamuttu/|Dr. Saravanamuttu's group]] in the research area of nonlinear propagation of laser light in photopolymers\\ including self-trapping, self-phase modulation, modulation instability and self-written guiding structures.