Donna Strickland

I had the honor of sitting down with Professor Donna Strickland, Nobel Prize-winning physicist the third woman in history to receive the prestigious award in physics. In our conversation, we discuss her groundbreaking work in laser physics and the journey that led her there. From her early academic interests to the moment she received the life-changing call from the Royal Swedish Academy at 5AM (?!), Donna shares insights into her discovery of chirped pulse amplification (CPA), a revolutionary technique that changed the field of high-intensity lasers. We discuss the science behind CPA and the moment she accidentally broke the fibre optic cable required for her PhD research. Donna reflects on the role of perseverance, collaboration, and the underestimated metric of "luck" in scientific discovery.

Physics Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland talks about all things lasers, how lasers relate to nuclear physics, and explains why she had to pay the long-distance bill to Sweden.

Nobel laureate Donna Strickland joins Francois Légaré and Heide Ibrahim from the Advanced Laser Light Source Laboratory (ALLS), located outside Montreal. The panel discusses the specifications of the ALLS laser systems, their functionality, and their applications in molecular imaging, agriculture, and metrology. Jan Lagerwall, head of the Experimental Soft Matter Physics group at the University of Luxembourg, introduces nonconventional applications for liquid crystals, including in sensing, machine vision, and more. "All Things Photonics" is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.

Donna Strickland knows firsthand how painful writing can be. When she started hating the book she was writing, she knew something had to change. That's when she discovered the principles of mindful writing, a practice she teaches in classes and workshops across the US.

Donna Strickland Helps Writers Add Mindfulness to Their Workday Donna Strickland knows firsthand how painful writing can be. When she started hating the book she was writing, she knew something had to change. That's when she discovered the principles of mindful writing, a practice she teaches in classes and workshops across the US. Mindfulness is that quality of paying attention to what's happening in the present moment without judgment." In this episode, we discuss: the work of Robert Boice interpersonal mindfulness the transformative power of becoming aware of our body what tight shoulders and hunching over the computer might be telling us why short, focused sessions are better than longer ones, and the lure and danger of hypomania suggestions for a few moves and yoga postures that we can use throughout our workday (Hint: they don't have to be complicated!) Links & Stuff Reach Donna via email Donna's upcoming (November 2018) workshop Donna's book, The Managerial Unconscious in Composition Studies How Writers Journey to Comfort and Fluency , by Robert Boice Mindfulness for Educators Program at Antioch University Ann Bettencourt, who runs the Mindful Relations Laboratory at University of Missouri—Columbia Ken Robinson's TED talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity? [Spoiler: Yes!] And finally, a big thanks to our sponsor, Hoefel Haus Bed, Breakfast & Bike Hostel