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Maiken Mikkelsen

Maiken Mikkelsen

Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
m.mikkelsen@duke.edu
90291, Durham, NC 27708
2513 CIEMAS, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours By appointment.  

Awards & Honors

Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award

School Pratt School of Engineering · 2021 Given each year to an outstanding researcher. These faculty inspire their colleagues, serve others, contribute to the knowledge base and have a deep passion for their work. More about this award

Maria Goeppert Mayer Award

International American Physical Society · 2017 For the demonstration of outstanding potential in the field of quantum nanophotonics More about this award

Early Career Achievement Award

International SPIE – the international society for optics and photonics · 2017 The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of her seminal contributions to the understanding of light-matter interactions and ultrafast emission dynamics in plasmonic systems. More about this award

Young Investigator Program Award

National Office of Naval Research · 2017

Young Investigator Program Award

National Army Research Office · 2016

Scialog Fellow

National Research Corporation for Science Advancement · 2016

Cottrell Scholar Award

International Research Corporation for Science Advancement · 2016

Young Investigator Program Award

National Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2015

CAREER Award

National National Science Foundation · 2015

Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award

National Oak Ridge Associated Universities · 2014

Ph.D. Thesis prize, Quantum Electronics and Optics

International European Physical Society · 2011

In the News

Published July 7, 2022
Duke Engineers Seek a Better Super Camera
Published May 26, 2022
Picturing the Future of Food Sustainability
Published March 11, 2021
With This Camera, One Snapshot Captures All of Light's Data
Published May 4, 2017
Trapping Light to Enhance Material Properties
Published July 28, 2015
Researchers create light-emitting device that flashes 90 billion times per second
Published October 13, 2014
Superfast LEDs to improve light-based telecommunications
Published July 28, 2014
Two Win Powe Award from Oak Ridge
Published April 16, 2014
Energy Initiative Provides First Round of Research Seed Funding