Margaret Murnane

Margaret M. Murnane
Born(1959-01-23)January 23, 1959
Alma materUniversity College Cork (B.S., 1981 M.S., 1983)
University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1989)
Known forFounder of the field of ultrafast x-ray science
KMLabs Co-founder
SpousePhysicist Henry Kapteyn
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley (1989–1990)
Washington State University (1990–1995)
University of Michigan (1996–1999)
University of Colorado Boulder (1999 – present)

Margaret Mary Murnane NAS AAA&S (born 23 January 1959) is an Irish physicist, who served as a distinguished professor of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, having moved there in 1999, with past positions at the University of Michigan and Washington State University. She is currently Director of the STROBE NSF Science and Technology Center and is among the foremost active researchers in laser science and technology. Her interests and research contributions span topics including atomic, molecular, and optical physics, nanoscience, laser technology, materials and chemical dynamics, plasma physics, and imaging science. Her work has earned her multiple awards[1][2][3] including the MacArthur Fellowship award in 2000, the Frederic Ives Medal/Quinn Prize in 2017, the highest award of The Optical Society, and the 2021 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics.

  1. ^ "Murnane, Margaret M." National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  2. ^ "1990 Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  3. ^ "1997 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 16 April 2011.