Asa Claesson is a Senior Scientist and Business Dev., Fiber Optics at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. Colleagues describe them as "I got to know Åsa during the 14 months I spent at Acreo as a visiting PhD student in the department of fiber photonics, of which she is manager. Åsa is a very competent scientist, deeply interested in the research carried out at all levels within the department, by senior staff members as well as by students. She is an enthusiastic manager, capable of inspiring and energizing the people she works with. Despite being often quite busy and despite sharing her time between the offices in Hudiksvall and Kista, she never looks stressed, and the working environment benefits enormously from this. She is very professional and focused, capable of balancing academic and industrial mindset in a successful way. She is indeed an asset for the research institute."