Faculty Directory

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Applied Physics, Cornell University, 1973
• M.S., University of Puerto Rico, 1969
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1967

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• Presidential Rank Award (2015) highest government award given to a civilian
• Advanced Accelerator Concept Prize (2014)
• James Clerk Maxwell Prize (2013)
• Fred E. Saalfeld Award (2012) highest scientific award that ONR confers
• Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award (2011) highest scientific award that NRL confers
• IEEE Plasma Science Award (2008)
• Top Navy Scientist and Engineer of the Year Award (2008)
• Sigma Xi Pure Science Award (1994)
• International Free Electron Laser Prize (1991)
• Washington Technology's Top Ten Talents (1989)
• E. O. Hulburt Science and Engineering Award (1986)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS, 1981)
• Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE, 1997)
• Fellow of the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS, 2005)
• Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA, 2010)

Orcid: 0000-0001-8521-4128, Google Scholar

• Atmospheric propagation of high-energy lasers
• Ultra-short pulse laser matter interaction and propagation
• Nonlinear optics
• Free electron lasers
• Nonlinear plasma physics
• Laser driven accelerators

Professor Sprangle retains a partial position at the Naval Research Laboratory, where he serves as a Senior Scientist for Directed Energy Physics.