Louise Willingale

Louise Willingale
Louise Willingale
Alma mater	plasma physics
Institutions	University of Michigan
Thesis	Ion acceleration from high intensity laser plasma interactions: Measurements and applications (2007)
Doctoral advisor	Karl Krushelnick, Zulfikar Najmudin
Website	willingale.engin.umich.edu

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 (

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

IEEE.^[2]

In 2016–17 Willingale was a senior lecturer at Lancaster University, before returning to the University of Michigan.^[2]^[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,

Fellow of the American Physical Society.^[11]

Awards and honours

2008 – Institute of Physics Culham Thesis Prize [12]
2008 – European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division PhD Research Award^[13]
2018 – National Science Foundation CAREER award^[14]^[15]
2022 –
Fellow of the American Physical Society for "significant contributions to the experimental understanding of ion acceleration, electron acceleration and magnetic field dynamics resulting from relativistic laser plasma interactions."^[16]^[11]

2022 – National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow^[17]
2023 – University of Michigan EECS Outstanding Achievement Award^[18]

Selected publications

Nilson, P. M.; Willingale, L.; Kaluza, M. C.; Kamperidis, C.; Minardi, S.; Wei, M. S.; Fernandes, P.; Notley, M.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Sherlock, M.; Kingham, R. J.; Tatarakis, M.; Najmudin, Z.; Rozmus, W.; Evans, R. G.; Haines, M. G.; Dangor, A. E.; Krushelnick, K. (19 December 2006). "Magnetic Reconnection and Plasma Dynamics in Two-Beam Laser-Solid Interactions". Physical Review Letters. 97 (25): 255001.
PMID 17280361
.

Willingale, L.; Mangles, S. P. D.; Nilson, P. M.; Clarke, R. J.; Dangor, A. E.; Kaluza, M. C.; Karsch, S.; Lancaster, K. L.; Mori, W. B.; Najmudin, Z.; Schreiber, J.; Thomas, A. G. R.; Wei, M. S.; Krushelnick, K. (22 June 2006). "Collimated Multi-MeV Ion Beams from High-Intensity Laser Interactions with Underdense Plasma" (PDF). Physical Review Letters. 96 (24): 245002.
PMID 16907250
.

Willingale, L.; Nagel, S. R.; Thomas, A. G. R.; Bellei, C.; Clarke, R. J.; Dangor, A. E.; Heathcote, R.; Kaluza, M. C.; Kamperidis, C.; Kneip, S.; Krushelnick, K.; Lopes, N.; Mangles, S. P. D.; Nazarov, W.; Nilson, P. M.; Najmudin, Z. (26 March 2009). "Characterization of High-Intensity Laser Propagation in the Relativistic Transparent Regime through Measurements of Energetic Proton Beams". Physical Review Letters. 102 (12): 125002.
PMID 19392290
.

References

^ Willingale, Louise (August 2007). Ion Acceleration from High Intensity Laser Plasma Interactions: Measurements and Applications (PDF) (Thesis). Imperial College London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Louise Willingale Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). willingale.engin.umich.edu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ Hayley Hanway (26 June 2019). "Prof. Louise Willingale creates extreme plasma conditions using high-intensity laser pulses". Optics & Photonics logo. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Louise Willingale – Research Portal | Lancaster University". www.research.lancs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Investigators | ZEUS". NSF ZEUS Laser Facility Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^ Nick Lavars (15 September 2022). "Scientists fire up the most powerful laser in the US". New Atlas. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Univ. of Michigan's ZEUS will be most powerful laser in US". Yahoo News. 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Most powerful laser in the US to begin operations soon, supported by $18.5M from the NSF". University of Michigan News. 12 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ Catharine June (23 August 2022). "ZEUS Joins International Community of Extreme Light Virtuosos". Electrical and Computer Engineering. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "First light at the most powerful laser in the US". University of Michigan News. 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Louise Willingale elected Fellow of APS". Michigan AI Lab. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "IOP-Culham Thesis Prize | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "PhD Research Award". European Physical Society – Plasma Physics Division. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ Catharine June (12 March 2018). "Louise Willingale advancing scientific knowledge of plasmas". Electrical and Computer Engineering. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1751462 – CAREER: Relativistic Electron Driven Magnetic Reconnection". www.nsf.gov. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ Hayley Hanway (13 April 2022). "Louise Willingale named Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences". Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "2023 EECS Outstanding Achievement Awards". RADLAB. University of Michigan. 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

External links

Louise Willingale – Home of Louise Willingale
Louise Willingale publications indexed by Google Scholar

[1] Willingale, Louise (August 2007). Ion Acceleration from High Intensity Laser Plasma Interactions: Measurements and Applications (PDF) (Thesis). Imperial College London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[CV-2] "Louise Willingale Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). willingale.engin.umich.edu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[3] Hayley Hanway (26 June 2019). "Prof. Louise Willingale creates extreme plasma conditions using high-intensity laser pulses". Optics & Photonics logo. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[4] "Louise Willingale – Research Portal | Lancaster University". www.research.lancs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[5] "Investigators | ZEUS". NSF ZEUS Laser Facility Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

[6] Nick Lavars (15 September 2022). "Scientists fire up the most powerful laser in the US". New Atlas. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[7] "Univ. of Michigan's ZEUS will be most powerful laser in US". Yahoo News. 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[8] "Most powerful laser in the US to begin operations soon, supported by $18.5M from the NSF". University of Michigan News. 12 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[9] Catharine June (23 August 2022). "ZEUS Joins International Community of Extreme Light Virtuosos". Electrical and Computer Engineering. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[10] "First light at the most powerful laser in the US". University of Michigan News. 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[fellow-11] "Louise Willingale elected Fellow of APS". Michigan AI Lab. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[12] "IOP-Culham Thesis Prize | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[13] "PhD Research Award". European Physical Society – Plasma Physics Division. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[14] Catharine June (12 March 2018). "Louise Willingale advancing scientific knowledge of plasmas". Electrical and Computer Engineering. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[15] "NSF Award Search: Award # 1751462 – CAREER: Relativistic Electron Driven Magnetic Reconnection". www.nsf.gov. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[16] "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[17] Hayley Hanway (13 April 2022). "Louise Willingale named Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences". Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[18] "2023 EECS Outstanding Achievement Awards". RADLAB. University of Michigan. 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

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