Donna Strickland is an American professor who is a pioneer in the field of lasers.[1] . She is the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
On 2 October 2018, Strickland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work on chirped pulse amplification with Gérard Mourou.[2]
She is an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo, where she leads an ultrafast laser group that develops high-intensity laser systems for nonlinear optics investigations[3].
Strickland graduated with a B.Eng in Engineering Physics from McMaster University and obtained her PhD in Physics (optics) at the University of Rochester[4].
Awards and honors
- 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics[2]
- 2008 Fellow of the Optical Society of America
- 2000 Cottrell Scholars Award from Research Corporation
- 1999 Premier’s Research Excellence Award
- 1998 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
References
- ^ "Donna Strickland - Physics and Astronomy". 5 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b Sample, Ian (2 October 2018). "Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win Nobel physics prize". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ https://uwaterloo.ca/physics-astronomy/people-profiles/donna-strickland
- ^ https://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/donna-t-strickland/