Rate Professor Louise Willingale

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D., Physics, Imperial College London, 2007; M.Phys., Physics, University of Oxford, 2003.

Research Interests: Plasma physics, laser-plasma interactions, and high-energy-density physics.

Appointments: Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Science, University of Michigan, 2008–present.

Awards: APS Division of Plasma Physics Early Career Award, 2015; NSF CAREER Award, 2018.

Publications:

• Laser-driven plasma accelerators (Physical Review Letters, 2013)
• High-energy-density laboratory astrophysics (Physics of Plasmas, 2017)

Additional Contributions: Member, National Ignition Facility User Group; collaborator on DOE-funded plasma research.