Donna Strickland
- Prize
- Nobel Prize in Physics — 2018for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses
- Citizenship
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Canada - Languages
- English
- date of birth
- 5/27/1959
- place of birth
- Guelph
- Age
- 67 years
- educated at
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- University of Rochester
- academic major: physics
- academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
- end time: 1/1/1989
- McMaster University
- academic major: engineering physics
- academic degree: Bachelor of Engineering
- end time: 1/1/1981
- Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
- University of Rochester
- employer
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- University of Waterloo
- start time: 1/1/1997
- National Research Council Canada
- start time: 1/1/1988
- end time: 1/1/1991
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- University of Waterloo
- member of
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- National Academy of Sciences
- start time: 1/1/2020
- Royal Society
- start time: 4/29/2020
- Royal Society of Canada
- start time: 1/1/2019
- Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- start time: 1/1/2021
- Optica
- National Academy of Sciences
- position held
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- president
- end time: 1/1/2013
- start time: 1/1/2013
- president
- notable work
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- Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses
- field of work
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- laser science
- nonlinear optics
- optics
- occupation
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- physicist
- university teacher