“First of all, you have to think it is crazy.”
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Donna Strickland
Donna 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.
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science · Canadian physicist, engineer, and Nobel laureate · physicist · university teacher · also Donna Strickland, D. Strickland, Donna Theo Strickland, Strickland
Born 27 May 1959 · Q56855591
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We need to celebrate women physicists because we’re out there, and hopefully in time it’ll start to move forward at a faster rate. I’m honoured to be one of those women,
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2026· 6 entries
“We need to celebrate women physicists because we’re out there, and hopefully in time it’ll start to move forward at a faster rate. I’m honoured to be one of those women,”
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“They all say the same thing: ‘Pace yourself. You can only do so much.’”
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“But I’ve got tenure, Doug, so, when it’s your turn, make sure it’s really safe for us to travel [to another school].”
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“I got paid the same as my male counterpart grad students and onward. So things have changed and hopefully keep changing for the better.”
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CU Boulder News & Events: Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland to visit CU on April 1
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2025· 1 entry
Psychology Today: Donna Strickland
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2020· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (2020).
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Companion of the Order of Canada (2019).
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2018· 5 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2018).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for chirped pulse amplification (2018).
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Was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women
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Together with Gérard Mourou, for the practical implementation of chirped pulse amplification
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2013· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (2013–2013).
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2011· 1 entry
And 2013 respectively, and was a topical editor of its journal Optics Letters from 2004 to 2010
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Optical Society (2008).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Sloan Fellowship (1998).
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1989· 1 entry
Studied at University of Rochester, Doctor of Philosophy (1989).
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1985· 1 entry
While Strickland was still a doctoral student under Mourou
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1981· 1 entry
Studied at McMaster University, Bachelor of Engineering (1981).
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-05-27.
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