Donna Strickland

Prize: Nobel Prize in Physics — 2018
for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses
Together with: Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou

occupation: university teacher
physicist
field of work: optics
laser science
nonlinear optics
educated at: University of Rochester
academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
academic major: physics
end time: 1989
Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
McMaster University
academic degree: Bachelor of Engineering
academic major: engineering physics
end time: 1981
employer: University of Waterloo
start time: 1997
National Research Council Canada
start time: 1988
end time: 1991
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
position held: president
start time: 2013
end time: 2013
member of: Royal Society of London
start time: 4/29/2020
Optica
National Academy of Sciences
start time: 2020
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
start time: 2021
Royal Society of Canada
start time: 2019
notable work: Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses

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