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Nan Marie Jokerst
Nan Marie Jokerst
Education	Creighton University (BSc); University of Southern California (MSEE, PhD);
Known for	Photonics; Microsystems; Metamaterials;
Awards	IEEE Fellow (2003); Fellow of the Optical Society (2001); Presidential Young Investigator Award (1990);
	Scientific career
Fields	Electrical Engineering; Optics; Semiconductors;
Institutions	Duke University
Thesis	Nonlinear optical absorption in single heterostructure Schottky barrier epitaxial structures (1989)
Doctoral advisor	Elsa M. Garmire
Website	University website

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.^[2]^[3]

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