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Donna Strickland
Alma materMcMaster University, University of Rochester
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics (optics)
InstitutionsUniversity of Waterloo

Donna Strickland (born 1959 in Guelph, Canada) is a Canadian professor who is a pioneer in the field of lasers. She is the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. She won the prize for the work she did as a PhD student.

Early life

Strickland graduated with a B.Eng in Engineering Physics from McMaster University and obtained her PhD in Physics (optics) at the University of Rochester.

Career

On 2 October 2018, Strickland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work on chirped pulse amplification with Gérard Mourou, who was her PhD supervisor.

Personal life

She is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo, where she leads an ultrafast laser group that develops high-intensity laser systems for nonlinear optics investigations.

Awards and honors

  • 1998 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
  • 1999 Premier’s Research Excellence Award
  • 2000 Cottrell Scholars Award from Research Corporation
  • 2008 Fellow of the Optical Society of America
  • 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics

References

  1. https://old.nobelprize.org/phy-press.pdf
  2. "Donna Strickland - Physics and Astronomy". 5 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "Biographies -Donna T. Strickland". The Optical Society. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. ^ Sample, Ian (2 October 2018). "Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win Nobel physics prize". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. "Donna Strickland". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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