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Professor Dollar awarded NSF Award to study extreme ultraviolet sources
Professor Dollar was awarded $636,981 to study to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emission to characterize and better understand the plasma conditions related to Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA), and to investigate the potential of LWFA as an EUV light source. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2308982&HistoricalAwards=false
Professor Dollar awarded DOE award to study pulse compression on Petawatt Lasers
Professor Dollar has been awarded by the Department of Energy Office of Science Fusion Energy Science Program’s High Energy Density Plasma program. The DOE made 20 awards split amongst an 8.3 million dollar budget.
First Light experiments at ZEUS facility highlighted in major US news
The Dollar Research group is participating in the commissioning experiments on the new ZEUS Laser Facility, set to be the most powerful laser in the US. These “first light” experiments have been highlighted by numerous newspapers, including US News, AP, Washington Post, Washington Times, USA Today, and more.
Professor Dollar named as Kavli Fellow
Professor Dollar is now recognized as a 2022 Kavli Fellow, a joint endeavor by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and the Kavli Foundation. He presented his work on high intensity laser matter interactions at the 2022 Kavli Frontiers of Science U.S. Symposium. Attendance to the symposium is by invitation only, and attendees are selected from among award winners for early career scientists in the U.S. and abroad. Attendees include Sloan Fellows, Packard Fellows, MacArthur Genius Grantees, Pew Fellows, Searle Scholars, and Presidential Early Career Awardees for Scientists and Engineers. Since the inception of the program in 1989, over 5,000 distinguished young scientists have attended a Kavli symposium and are designated Kavli Fellows.