Louise Willingale Explained

Louise Willingale
Fields:Laser physics, plasma physics
Workplaces:University of Michigan
Alma Mater:Imperial College London
Thesis Title:Ion acceleration from high intensity laser plasma interactions: Measurements and applications
Thesis Url:http://willingale.engin.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/380/2021/07/Willingale_thesis_2007.pdf
Thesis Year:2007
Doctoral Advisor:Karl Krushelnick, Zulfikar Najmudin
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Louise Willingale is a laser physicist at the University of Michigan and associate director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) ZEUS facility.

Education

Willingale completed her undergraduate Physics degree (MSci) from Imperial College London in 2003 and stayed on to complete her PhD in 2007 with her thesis titled Ion acceleration from high intensity laser plasma interactions: Measurements and applications.[1] She was then a research assistant before moving to the University of Michigan to carry out postdoc studies.[2]

Career

Willingale is interested in experiments and numerical modeling of high intensity laser plasma interactions and laser-driven ion acceleration. She has made use of advancements in laser technology, mainly chirped pulse amplification which was developed by Gérard Mourou who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics.[3]

Willingale has been successful at winning a range of funding as principal investigator and is a member of the Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, and IEEE.

In 2016–17 Willingale was a senior lecturer at Lancaster University, before returning to the University of Michigan.[4]

As of 2022, she is Associate Professor at the University of Michigan in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and associate director and co-principal investigator of the NSF Zetawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS) facility,[5] which will be the highest peak power laser in the US and one of the most powerful in the world. ZEUS is designed to have a maximum peak power of 3 petawatts but can simulate much higher powers by firing it at a high-energy electron beam travelling in the opposite direction.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] In 2022 she also became a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Awards and honours

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Willingale . Louise . Ion Acceleration from High Intensity Laser Plasma Interactions: Measurements and Applications . Aug 2007 . Imperial College London . 8 April 2023 . 11 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230411132607/https://willingale.engin.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/380/2021/07/Willingale_thesis_2007.pdf . live .
  2. Web site: Louise Willingale Curriculum Vitae. willingale.engin.umich.edu. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408123350/https://willingale.engin.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/380/2022/10/Willingale_CurriculumVitae.pdf. live.
  3. Web site: Prof. Louise Willingale creates extreme plasma conditions using high-intensity laser pulses. Optics & Photonics logo. Hayley Hanway. 26 June 2019. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408112148/https://optics.engin.umich.edu/stories/prof-louise-willingale-creates-extreme-plasma-conditions-using-high-intensity-laser-pulses/. live.
  4. Web site: Louise Willingale – Research Portal | Lancaster University. www.research.lancs.ac.uk. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408111514/https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/louise-willingale(1a42ed31-68e6-496f-9830-4343851ed484).html. live.
  5. Web site: Investigators | ZEUS. NSF ZEUS Laser Facility Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science. University of Michigan. 21 April 2023. 21 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230421103349/https://zeus.engin.umich.edu/contact/people/investigators/. live.
  6. Web site: Scientists fire up the most powerful laser in the US. 15 September 2022. New Atlas. Nick Lavars. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408112028/https://newatlas.com/science/most-powerful-laser-us-zeus/. live.
  7. Web site: Univ. of Michigan's ZEUS will be most powerful laser in US. Yahoo News. 14 September 2022 . 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408112028/https://news.yahoo.com/univ-michigan-zeus-most-powerful-180725046.html. live.
  8. Web site: Most powerful laser in the US to begin operations soon, supported by $18.5M from the NSF. 12 August 2021. University of Michigan News. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408112029/https://news.umich.edu/most-powerful-laser-in-the-us-to-begin-operations-soon-supported-by-18-5m-from-the-nsf/. live.
  9. Web site: ZEUS Joins International Community of Extreme Light Virtuosos. Electrical and Computer Engineering. Catharine June. 23 August 2022. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408112148/https://ece.engin.umich.edu/stories/zeus-joins-international-community-of-extreme-light-virtuosos/. live.
  10. Web site: First light at the most powerful laser in the US. 14 September 2022. University of Michigan News. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408113808/https://news.umich.edu/first-light-at-the-most-powerful-laser-in-the-us/. live.
  11. Web site: IOP-Culham Thesis Prize | Imperial News | Imperial College London. Imperial News. 26 February 2008. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408111022/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/29174/iop-culham-thesis-prize/. live.
  12. Web site: PhD Research Award. European Physical Society – Plasma Physics Division. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408123421/http://plasma.ciemat.es/eps/awards/phd-research-award/. live.
  13. Web site: Louise Willingale advancing scientific knowledge of plasmas. Electrical and Computer Engineering. Catharine June. 12 March 2018. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408112148/https://ece.engin.umich.edu/stories/louise-willingale-advancing-scientific-knowledge-of-plasmas/. live.
  14. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 1751462 – CAREER: Relativistic Electron Driven Magnetic Reconnection. www.nsf.gov. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408124853/https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1751462&HistoricalAwards=false. live.
  15. Web site: APS Fellow Archive. www.aps.org. 8 April 2023. 9 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200509035726/https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1996&unit_id=DNP&institution=. live.
  16. Web site: Louise Willingale elected Fellow of APS. Michigan AI Lab. 19 October 2022. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408112151/https://ai.engin.umich.edu/stories/louise-willingale-elected-fellow-of-aps/. live.
  17. Web site: Louise Willingale named Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences. University of Michigan. Electrical and Computer Engineering. Hayley Hanway. 13 April 2022. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408112149/https://ece.engin.umich.edu/stories/louise-willingale-named-kavli-fellow-by-the-national-academy-of-sciences/. live.
  18. Web site: 2023 EECS Outstanding Achievement Awards. University of Michigan. RADLAB. 27 March 2023. 8 April 2023. 8 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408111021/https://radlab.engin.umich.edu/stories/2023-eecs-outstanding-achievement-awards. live.

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