Franklin Dollar

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Franklin Dollar
Nationality Pomo
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley (BS, 2006)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MA, 2010) (PhD, 2012)
SpouseGeorgia Sandoval
Children1
Awards Sloan Research Fellowship (2016)
PECASE (2025)
Scientific career
Fields Optics
Institutions JILA
University of California, Irvine (2015-present)
Website https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/fdollar/lab-members/franklin-dollar/

Franklin J. Dollar is a Pomo physicist and professor at the department of physics and astronomy at University of California, Irvine (UCI). He grew up on a reservation near Geyserville, California. He earned his Bachelor of Science in engineering physics from University of California, Berkeley in 2006 and graduated with a PhD in applied physics from 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.

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Early life and education

Franklin J. Dollar [1] is a member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians. [2] 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. [3]

In 2006, Dollar earned his Bachelor of Science in engineering physics from University of California, Berkeley (UCB). [1] During his first few years at UCB, he worked at a chain drugstore. He then got a job at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he helped develop advanced optics for the Solar Dynamics Observatory. He continued working at the lab while at UCB. [3] He received his Master Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2010 and graduated with a PhD in applied physics there in 2012. [1]

Career

Frederick Reines Halls, which houses the Physics and Astronomy Department at UCI. UC Irvine Reines Hall.jpg
Frederick Reines Halls, which houses the Physics and Astronomy Department at UCI.

After receiving his PhD, Dollar became a postdoctoral researcher at University of Colorado Boulder's JILA. In the fall of 2015, he joined the department of physics and astronomy at University of California, Irvine and is a professor there. [3] [4] Dollar began studying X-ray source production with high intensity lasers at JILA, and continues to do so at UCI. [3]

Dollar is the associate dean of graduate studies at UCI school of physical sciences. [4] He serves on the editorial board of the New Journal of Physics. [5]

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." [6] He was selected as a Sloan Fellow in 2016. [7] On January 14, 2025, Dollar and around 400 other scientists received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from Joe Biden. [8]

Personal life

Dollar is married to Georgia Sandoval, a Navajo software engineer who works at Intel. They have a daughter. [9] [10]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Franklin J Dollar". UCI Faculty Profile System. Archived from the original on 2025-10-07. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  2. ↑ "Franklin Dollar". UCI School of Physical Sciences. Archived from the original on 2025-06-21. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bell, Brian (2017-01-27). "Blazing a trail for others". University of California . Archived from the original on 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  4. 1 2 "Franklin Dollar". Dollar Research Group. Archived from the original on 2025-05-26. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  5. ↑ "Editorial board". IOP Science . Archived from the original on 2025-08-05. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  6. ↑ "Division of Plasma Physics Fellowship". American Physical Society . Archived from the original on 2025-06-29. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  7. ↑ "Assistant Professor Franklin Dollar and Assistant Professor Chang Liu honored as 2016 Sloan Fellows - Office of Inclusive Excellence". UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  8. ↑ "President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists". The White House . 2025-01-14. Archived from the original on 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  9. ↑ McAlpine, Kate (2024-08-29). "X-ray vision: One of the first experimenters at the new flagship US laser, Michigan alum Franklin Dollar's mission is bigger than research". Michigan Engineering News. Archived from the original on 2025-03-25. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  10. ↑ "Meet Intel Engineer and Diné Woman Georgia Sandoval". Intel Community. 2021-11-08. Archived from the original on 2025-05-15. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
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