Linda Young
Professional experience
- 2007-present: Argonne Distinguished Fellow
- 2002-2007: Senior Physicist,
Argonne National Laboratory
- 1994-present: Group Leader, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- 1988-2002: Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1983-1988: Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1981-1983: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Education
- Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, 1981
- S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976
Selected honors
- University of Chicago, Distinguished Performance Award, 2007
- Distinguished Travelling Lecturer, Division of Laser Science, American
Physical Society, 2007-present
- American Physical Society Fellow
- Visiting Fellow of the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA),
University of Colorado, 1992-1993, 2007
Selected professional activities
- 1989-present: Associate Editor, Applied Physics Letters
- 2005-present: Allis Prize Commttee, American Physical Society (APS)
- 2004-present: Scientific Advisory Committee, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
- 2003-present: Program Advisory Committee, Synchrotron Radiation Center,
Stoughton, WI
- 2003-2004: Schawlow Prize Committee, American Physical Society, Vice-Chair-Chair
- 1999-2002: Executive Committee of Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical
Physics, APS
- 1998-2001: Executive Committee of Division of Laser Science, APS
- 1998-2000: F.M. Pipkin Award Committee, American Physical Society, Vice-Chair-Chair
- 1996-1999: Executive Committee of Topical Group on Precision Measurement
and Fundamental Constants, APS
- 1996-1999: National Research Council Committee on Atomic, Molecular and
Optical Science
Research Interests
- Atomic, molecular and optical physics
- Strong-field control of x-ray processes
- Ultrafast x-ray imaging
Recent publications
- "Electromagnetically induced transparency for x-rays," C. Buth, R.
Santra, L Young, Phys. Rev. Lett 98, 253001:1-4 (2007).
- "Alignment dynamics in a laser-produced plasma," C. Höhr
et al, Phys. Rev. A 75, 011403:1-4 (2007).
- "Spin-orbit effect on strong-field ionization of krypton," R. Santra,
R. W. Dunford, and L. Young, Phys. Rev. A 74, 043403:1-9 (2006).
- "X-ray microprobe of orbital alignment in strong-field ionized atoms,"
L. Young et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 083601:1-4 (2006).
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