Nan Marie Jokerst

Nan Marie Jokerst is an American professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University known for her work integrating optoelectronics with semiconductor substrates in order to create portable environmental and medical sensors. She is a Fellow of the Optical Society and Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Since 2004, Jokerst has been J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor at Duke University. Jokerst previously served as faculty in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology as the Joseph M. Pettit Professor of Optoelectronics.

Education

BS in Mathematics, Creighton University, 1982 BS in Physics, Creighton University, 1982 MSEE in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1984 PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1989

Awards

NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990 IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000 Fellow of the Optical Society, 2001 IEEE Education Society Harris B. Rigas Medal, 2002 IEEE Fellow, 2003 Alumni in Academia Award for the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, 2006