Nan Marie Jokerst

Nan Marie Jokerst

J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Nan Marie Jokerst is the J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, and the Executive Director of the Duke Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility, a Duke shared cleanroom and characterization facility. She received her BS in Physics from Creighton University in 1982, and her MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1984 and 1989, respectively. She is a Fellow of the IEEE, and has served as an elected member of the IEEE LEOS Board of Governors, and as the VP for Conferences and as the VP Technical Affairs. She is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, and has served as Chair of the OSA Engineering Council. Her awards include an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, an IEEE Third Millenium Medal, the IEEE/HP Harriet B. Rigas Medal, and the Alumni in Academia Award for the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering. She currently serves on the National Academies Board on Global Science and Technology. She has published over 200 refereed journal and conference publications, and has 6 patents.

Appointments and Affiliations

  • J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Director of the Shared Materials Infrastructure Facility

Contact Information

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1989
  • M.S.E.E. University of Southern California, 1984
  • B.S. Creighton University, 1982

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • Fellows. Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2003
  • Fellows. Optical Society of America. 2001

Courses Taught

  • ECE 449: Sensors and Sensor Interface Design
  • ECE 496: Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • EGR 101L: Engineering Design and Communication

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Khatib, O; Tyler, T; Padilla, WJ; Jokerst, NM; Everitt, HO, Mapping active strain using terahertz metamaterial laminates, Apl Photonics, vol 6 no. 11 (2021) [10.1063/5.0069723] [abs].
  • Khatib, O; Tyler, T; Padilla, WJ; Jokerst, NM; Everitt, HO, Strain mapping with THz metamaterial composites, Optics Infobase Conference Papers (2021) [abs].
  • Khatib, O; Tyler, T; Padilla, WJ; Jokerst, NM; Everitt, HO, Strain Mapping with THz Metamaterial Composites, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Irmmw Thz, vol 2020-November (2020) [10.1109/IRMMW-THz46771.2020.9370546] [abs].
  • Berube, DM; Bogomoletc, E; Eng, N; Jones, JL; Jokerst, N, Social science and infrastructure networks and the human–technology interface, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol 22 no. 9 (2020) [10.1007/s11051-020-05022-2] [abs].
  • Woods, CM; Senlik, O; Greening, G; Muldoon, TJ; Jokerst, NM, Depth-sensitive tissue measurements using a multi-pixel photodetector probe, Optics Infobase Conference Papers, vol Part F178-Translational-2020 (2020) [abs].