Donna Strickland(1959)
PhysicsDonna Theo Strickland is a Canadian optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, together with Gérard Mourou, for the practical implementation of chirped pulse amplification. She is a professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
Canada
2
Major Awards
108
Publications
8,340
Citations
20
h-index
31
i10-index
77.2
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
EH
Ehud Hrushovski
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
WC
William C. Campbell
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
JT
Jack Thorne
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
ST
Sarah Teichmann
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
CJ
Cathy J. Price
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
MS
Molly Stevens
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
GJ
George Jackson
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
KM
Keith Matthews
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
XL
Xin Lu
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
ZB
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
VS
Vikram S Deshpande
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
MB
Malcolm Bennett
Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
Education
Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
University of Rochester(Doctor of Philosophy)
McMaster University(Bachelor of Engineering)
Doctoral Advisor
Career Timeline
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?–present
National Research Council Canada1988–1991
University of Waterloo1997–present
Positions & Roles
president
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)
Top Publications
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
YS
Yang Shi
Fellow of the Royal Society (2024)
Andrew J. King
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
Arthur B. McDonald
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016)
Duncan Haldane
Nobel Prize in Physics (2016)
James Dyson
Fellow of the Royal Society (2015)
Richard E. Taylor
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)
Abdus Salam
Copley Medal (1990)
John Bardeen
Japan Prize (1985)
Data Sources
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