Title: Navigating Governance Challenges in Academia: Addressing Increasing Hostility Towards Excellent Women in Leadership

With an ultrafast 550-W average power thin disk laser oscillator we have set a new record.

To secure a one-year extension beyond age 65 at ETH Zurich, I had to change departments—despite 31 years of distinguished service in the Physics Department. The "canary in the coal mine" metaphor resonates with me, as I seek to shed light on the toxic environments that drive exceptional women out of academia at alarming rates. Part of a growing number of women, I refused to conform to the unspoken rules of the in-group—a system that hinders diversity and stifles innovation.

Our new open-access publication is available. In this article, we demonstrate a widely tunable dual-comb optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared, and combine it with an intra-cavity up-conversion detection scheme to obtain high-sensitivity and high-resolution spectroscopy measurements.