Donna Theo Strickland is a Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate. She was born on May 27, 1959, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Strickland graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Physics) degree from McMaster University in 1981 and continued her education at the University of Rochester, New York, where she earned her PhD in Optics in 1989. She currently teaches at the University of Waterloo, where she is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
In 2018, Strickland was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work in generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses. She is only the third woman and first female Canadian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Strickland is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received numerous other awards for her contributions to physics.
Donna Theo Strickland is a Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate. She was born on May 27, 1959, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Strickland graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Physics) degree from McMaster University in 1981 and continued her education at the University of Rochester, New York, where she earned her PhD in Optics in 1989. She currently teaches at the University of Waterloo, where she is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
In 2018, Strickland was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work in generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses. She is only the third woman and first female Canadian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Strickland is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received numerous other awards for her contributions to physics.
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