{"id":108886,"date":"2020-04-28T15:25:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=108886"},"modified":"2020-04-30T10:30:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:30:31","slug":"nobel-laureate-qa-to-follow-college-of-optics-and-photonics-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/nobel-laureate-qa-to-follow-college-of-optics-and-photonics-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Laureate Q&A to Follow College of Optics and Photonics\u2019 Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland will join UCF College of Optics and Photonics graduates for a live online Q&A session Saturday after their virtual commencement ceremony, and the public is invited to watch.<\/p>\n
Strickland is renowned as one of the world’s leading pioneers in the field of ultra-fast lasers. Her research with French physicist G\u00e9rard Mourou led to the creation of high-intensity, ultrashort laser pulses resulting in several industrial and medical applications, including Lasik eye surgery and advances in industrial machining.<\/p>\n
The professor at the 海角直播 of Waterloo in Canada became only the third woman in 117 years to earn the Nobel Prize in physics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In 2018, the professor at the 海角直播 of Waterloo in Canada became only the third woman in 117 years to earn the Nobel Prize in physics. She is a past president of the Optical Society of America and a friend and colleague to several UCF faculty members, including Dean Emeritus Eric Van Stryland, also a past president of OSA. Van Stryland invited Strickland to participate in a live Zoom session on Saturday, and she immediately accepted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am super-excited for our college graduates to have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with Nobel Laureate Dr. Donna Strickland,” says David Hagan, interim dean of the College of Optics and Photonics.\u00a0 “As a leading member of the optics community and the first woman to with a Nobel Prize in Physics since 1963, Dr. Strickland is an inspiration to us all. Her participation in our college\u2019s commencement celebrations adds a bright silver lining to the cloud cast on our regular ceremony by COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n
The college\u2019s virtual ceremony begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 2, and will be shown on UCF’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Strickland’s interactive session with graduates will follow at approximately 9:45 a.m. and will include invited faculty, academic leaders and current students. The public is invited to watch live from either https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/CREOLatUCF<\/a> or https:\/\/youtu.be\/uAmA0ciflnA<\/a>. A recorded version of the session will be available later on UCF\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n