Donna Strickland

thumb Donna Theo Strickland (born 27 May 1959) is a Canadian optical physicist and Nobel laureate. A pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018. Quotes We wondered if it was a prank. But then I knew it was the right day, and it would have been a cruel prank. Commenting on her reaction to receiving the phone call from a Nobel official informing her of her award, in Koren Marina One Wikipedia Page Is a Metaphor for the Nobel Prize’s Record With Women https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/nobel-prize-physics-donna-strickland-gerard-mourou-arthur-ashkin/571909/ 5 October 2018 The Atlantic October 2, 2018 Is that all, really? I thought there might have been more. We need to celebrate women physicists, because we’re out there. Hopefully, in time, it will start to move forward at a faster rate. I’m honoured to be one of those women. In a press conference, commenting on her becoming only the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, in Koren Marina One Wikipedia Page Is a Metaphor for the Nobel Prize’s Record With Women https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/nobel-prize-physics-donna-strickland-gerard-mourou-arthur-ashkin/571909/ 5 October 2018 The Atlantic October 2, 2018 and Sample Ian Davis Nicola Physics Nobel prize won by Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/02/arthur-ashkin-gerard-mourou-and-donna-strickland-win-nobel-physics-prize 5 October 2018 The Guardian October 2, 2018 In high school, I was very good in math and physics. I wasn’t good at much of anything else. Some people are good at a lot of things. I don’t know how they choose what to do. I couldn’t do athletic stuff, I wasn’t artistic, I have no musical ear, and I wasn’t good at writing. So I was pretty narrow in what I could do. I wasn’t thinking, “Can I do science?” I was thinking, “That’s the only thing I can do, so let’s do it." In Chow Denise Donna Strickland's long journey from laser jock to third woman ever to win physics Nobel https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/donna-strickland-s-long-journey-laser-jock-third-woman-ever-ncna916451 5 October 2018 NBC News October 4, 2018 I never applied. When asked in interview with the BBC why she had won a Nobel Prize, but was not yet a full professor, in Leaf Clifton She Just Won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Why Is She Still a Junior Professor? http://fortune.com/2018/10/02/donna-strickland-nobel-prize-professor/ 5 October 2018 Fortune If somebody else thinks something that you don't believe in, just think they're wrong and you're right and keep going. That's pretty much the way I always think. In Casey Liam 'We are marching forward': Canadian scientist becomes third woman to win Nobel Prize in physics https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/we-are-marching-forward-canadian-scientist-becomes-third-woman-to-win-nobel-prize-in-physics-1.4117566 5 October 2018 CTV News Toronto October 2, 2018 External links Donna Strickland https://uwaterloo.ca/physics-astronomy/people-profiles/donna-strickland Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Nobel laureates from Canada Category:Scientists from Ontario Category:Physicists from Canada Category:Women born in the 1950s Category:Women Nobel laureates Category:Women scientists from Canada Category:Nobel laureates in Physics