Donna Strickland

Donna Strickland

CC FRS FRSC HonFInstP
Donna Strickland; CC FRS FRSC HonFInstP
	Strickland in 2018
Born	Donna Theo Strickland; 27 May 1959; Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Spouse	Doug Dykaar
Awards	Nobel Prize (2018)
Scholarly background
Alma mater	McMaster University; University of Rochester;
Thesis	Development of an Ultra-Bright Laser and an Application to Multi-photon Ionization (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Gérard Mourou
Scholarly work
Discipline	Physics
Sub-discipline	Optics
Institutions	National Research Council of Canada; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Princeton University; University of Waterloo;
Main interests	Intense laser-matter interactions; nonlinear optics; short-pulse intense laser systems; chirped pulse amplification; ultrafast optics;

Donna Theo Strickland CC FRS FRSC HonFInstP (born 27 May 1959) 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.

She served as fellow, vice president, and president of Optica (formerly OSA), and is currently chair of its Presidential Advisory Committee. In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.

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