Biography
Chan Joshi received his B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering from London University in 1974 and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 1978 from Hull University, England. He held a postdoctoral position at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Canada for two years. Since 1980, he has been with the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA, first as a member of the research staff and since 1988 as a full Professor. He is currently the Director of the Center for High Frequency Electronics at UCLA.

Prof. Joshi has made many fundamental contributions to our understanding of extremely nonlinear optical effects in plasmas. Most notable are his first experimental demonstrations of four-wave mixing, stimulated raman forward instability, resonant self-focusing, frequency upshifting by ionization fronts and nonlinear coupling between electron-plasma waves.

Research Interests
Professor Joshi's research focuses on laser fusion, laser acceleration of particles, nonlinear optics, high-power lasers, and plasma physics.

Awards and Recognitions

• 2006 Maxwell Prize

• 2001-2002 Distinguished Lecturer in Plasma Physics

• 1999 American Physical Society Centennial Speaker

• 1997 American Physical Society Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics &
  Technology

• 1996 American Physical Society Award, Excellence in Plasma Physics Research

• 1990 Fellow of the American Physical Society

• 1990 Fellow of the IEEE