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Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences > People > Faculty > Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty > Karl Krushelnick

Karl Krushelnick

Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

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6103 ERB 1

kmkr@umich.edu

(734) 763-4877

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  • Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
  • Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering
Education Research Interests Awards Publications

Education:

Princeton University
PhD Astrophysical Sciences (Plasma Physics) ’94
MA Astrophysical Sciences (Plasma Physics) ’89

University of Western Ontario
BSc Hon. Physics ’87

Research Interests: ^top

High intensity/ short pulse laser system development, nonlinear optics, nuclear fusion, laser plasma interactions, “table-top” particle accelerators using lasers, high field physics, x-ray laser development and applications, science and applications of pulsed power discharges.

Awards: ^top

  • George J. Huebner Research Excellence Award, University of Michigan College of Engineering, 2013.
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, 2010.
  • Professor Mitsuyuki Abe Visiting Chair, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto Japan, 2008-2011.
  • Charles V. Boys medal and prize for experimental physics – UK Institute of Physics, 2006.
  • Fellow: American Physical Society, Institute of Physics, Optical Society of America.
  • Berman research publication award, US Naval Research Laboratory, 1997.
  • National    Science and Engineering Research    Council    of    Canada    Postgraduate Scholarship,Princeton University, 9/88 – 8/91.
  • Raymond Compton Dearle Gold Medal in Physics (highest GPA), University of Western Ontario, 1987.
  • Students awarded Culham thesis prize for best plasma physics Ph.D. thesis in UK and Ireland: E. L. Clark 2002, Barney Walton 2005, S.P.D. Mangles 2006, P.M. Nilson 2007, L. Willingale, 2008: also European Physical Society thesis prize in plasma physics: S.P.D. Mangles, 2006, and John Dawson thesis prize: S.P.D. Mangles, 2007.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2006-present: Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan.
  • 2011-present: Director, Center for Ultra-fast Optical Science (CUOS), University of Michigan.
  • 2007-present: Professor, Physics, University of Michigan.
  • 2007-present: Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan.
  • 2006-present: Visiting Professor, Imperial College London, Physics,
  • 2003-2006: Head of Plasma Physics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London.
  • 2003-2006: Professor, Department of Physics, Imperial College London.
  • 2002-2003: Reader, Department of Physics, Imperial College London.
  • 2001-2002: Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, Imperial College London.
  • 1997-2001: Lecturer, Department of Physics, Imperial College London.
  • 1993-1997: Post-doctoral fellow, Cornell University/US Naval Research Laboratory.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Secretary/treasurer, American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics 2011-2013.
  • Program committee member APS/Plasma Physics conference, 2011-2013.
  • Brookhaven National Lab, External Advisory Panel, Accelerator Science 2009-present
  • DOE High Energy Physics Early Career Award 2014
  • Review Panel member, Helmholtz Institute Jena, Germany 2009.
  • Scheduling committee member, Omega Laser Facility, LLE, U. of Rochester 2009- present.
  • Program committee, Laser accelerator conference, Greece, (2009) China (2011), India (2013)
  • Program committee, Anomalous Absorption Conference, Colorado (2014)
  • Member: International Advisory Board of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2007 – present
  • Referee: Science, Nature, Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, Imperial College Press, Princeton University Press, Optics Letters, Applied Physics Letters, EPSRC, DOE, NSF etc.

Publications: ^top

(appearing during 9/08 to 1/14)

  • Number of refereed archival publications: 92
  • Number of refereed conference proceedings: 39
  • Number of books: 0
  • Number of chapters in books: 0
  • Number of other publications: 0
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