Franklin J. Dollar
Professor Franklin Dollar is a California Native, and is an enrolled member of the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians. He is the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for the University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences. He earned a B.S. degree in Engineering Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, before receiving his M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and his doctorate in Applied Physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where his thesis won the John Dawson Thesis Prize. As a Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, Professor Dollar researches intense light-matter interactions and their applications in particle accelerators and advanced light sources. He has published over 80 publications and proceedings, and has served on numerous committees including the National Academies Assessment of High Energy Density Science and the High Field Science co-lead for the 2023 Basic Research Needs for Laser Technology. He is a Kavli Fellow, a Sloan Research Fellow, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is an awardee of the NSF early CAREER award, the Tom Angell Faculty Mentorship Award, and the American Indian Science & Engineering Society’s Most Promising Scientist Award. He is a site lead for the NSF Science and Technology Center STROBE and currently serves as a member of the DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC), and is a member of the American Physical Society’s Division of Plasma Physics Executive Committee and it’s Committee on Minorities. He was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Biden in 2025.
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