Yuno Iwasaki

About Yuno Iwasaki

Yuno Iwasaki grew up in a small town in central Japan and came to the United States as a high school sophomore to attend Groton School, a boarding school in Massachusetts. As one of five Inclusion Scholars in her cohort, she received a full scholarship to attend.

Yuno's research is in experimental atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, where she is developing precision measurement techniques to test fundamental physics. At UC Berkeley, she is working on an atom interferometer experiment to make the next generation measurement of the fine structure constant. She is particularly drawn to experiments that combine advances in quantum control with longstanding questions in particle physics and cosmology.

Before graduate school, Yuno studied physics at Princeton University and conducted research across several areas of physics, including computational geophysics, cosmology instrumentation, and neutrino detection. These experiences fostered her interest in building novel experiments to address fundamental questions about the universe.