News

President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.

Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership early in their research careers. The award recognizes innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology, expands awareness of careers in science and engineering, recognizes the scientific missions of participating agencies, enhances connections between research and impacts on society, and highlights the importance of science and technology for our nation’s future.

Professor Dollar was nominated by the National Science Foundation where he was a recipient of the NSF Early CAREER award.

Related to the recent completion of the first awarded beam time on the ZEUS multi-petawatt laser facility, Michigan Engineering has written a profile story on Professor Dollar, the PI for the beam time.

https://www.llnl.gov/news/passion-physics-drives-danny-attiyah

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 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.