'''Donna Theo Strickland''' CC FRS FRSC (rođena 27. maja 1959.) <ref name="Thesis">{{Citecite thesis |last=Strickland |first=Donna Theo |year=1988 |title=Development of an ultra-bright laser and an application to multi-photon ionization |type=PhD |publisher=[[University of Rochester]] |url=http://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Strickland.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707150743/http://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Strickland.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2013 |access-date=6 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Lindinger">{{Cite news|last=Lindinger|first=Manfred|date=2 October 2018|title=Eine Zange aus lauter Licht|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/nobelpreise/physik-nobelpreis-2018-praezisionswerkzeuge-aus-laserlicht-15818493.html|work=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]|language=de|access-date=6 October 2018}}</ref> <ref name="Nobel">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2018/strickland/facts/|title=Donna Strickland – Facts – 2018|date=6 October 2018|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|access-date=6 October 2018}}</ref> jeste kanadska optička fizičarka i pionir u oblasti impulsnih lasera. Dobitnica je [[Nobelova nagrada za fiziku|Nobelove nagrade za fiziku]] 2018. godine, zajedno sa [[Gérard Mourou|Gérardom Mourouom]], za praktičnu implementaciju [[Pojačanje cvrkutavog pulsa|pojačanja cvrkutavog pulsa]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/02/arthur-ashkin-gerard-mourou-and-donna-strickland-win-nobel-physics-prize|title=Physics Nobel prize won by Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland|date=2 October 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=4 October 2018|last=Sample|first=Ian|last2=Davis|first2=Nicola}}</ref> Ona je [[profesor]] na Univerzitetu Waterloo u [[Ontario|Ontariju]], Kanada. <ref name="UW">{{Cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/physics-astronomy/people-profiles/donna-strickland|title=Donna Strickland|date=2 October 2018|publisher=[[University of Waterloo]]|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>
Bila je saradnica, potpredsjednica i predsjednica Optičkog društva, a trenutno je predsjednica njihovog Predsjedničkog savjetodavnog odbora. 2018. godine uvrštena je kao jedna od 100 žena BBC-a.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46225037|title=BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?|date=19 November 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=23 July 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>
