Franklin J Dollar

Franklin J. Dollar is an American physicist and professor at the department of physics and astronomy at University of California, Irvine (UCI). A member of the Pomo tribe, he grew up on a reservation near Geyserville, California. He earned his Bachelor of Science in engineering physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2006 and graduated with a PhD in applied physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2012. Dollar joined UCI in 2015 and studies optics there. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2022.

Early life and education Franklin J. Dollar He grew up on a Native American reservation near Geyserville, California. The reservation had no electricity, internet or running water. He attended Geyserville Educational Park.

In 2006, Dollar earned his Bachelor of Science in engineering physics from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB).

Career

After receiving his PhD, Dollar became a postdoctoral researcher at JILA (University of Colorado Boulder). In the fall of 2015, he joined the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine as a professor. Dollar began studying X-ray source production with high intensity lasers at JILA, and continues to do so at UCI.

Awards and honors Dollar was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2022 for "exceptional contributions to intense field laser science and for exceptional service in promoting a diverse and inclusive plasma physics community." He was selected as a Sloan Fellow in 2016. On January 14, 2025, Dollar and around 400 other scientists received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from Joe Biden.

Personal life Dollar is married to Georgia Sandoval, a Navajo software engineer who works at Intel. They have a daughter.

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