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
References
American electrical engineers
Electrical engineering academics
American women engineers
Fellow Members of the IEEE
IEEE award recipients
Fellows of Optica (society) Duke University faculty USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni Creighton University alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Optical engineers Women in optics American women academics 21st-century American women