A Canadian professor has ended a 55-year drought for female physicists after being awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.
Donna Strickland of the University of Waterloo shares the honour with Arthur Ashkin of the United States and Gerard Mourou of France for their work in laser physics.
Strickland became emotional when she was told she's only the third woman to have won the physics prize, the first being Marie Curie in 1903.
She says she hopes her win encourages more recognition of female physicists.
Here is some of the reaction that has been posted to Twitter:
I am so proud, this is a tremendous day for Donna Strickland, women in science, Canada, and the entire @UWaterloo community.
— UWaterloo President (@UWaterlooPres) October 2, 2018
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Today marks another great milestone in the history of women in physics with @uWaterloo's Donna Strickland being awarded the #NobelPrize. Celebrate pioneering women of physics past and present by downloading free posters from the "Forces of Nature" series: https://t.co/jsPnfWbpNm
— Perimeter Institute (@Perimeter) October 2, 2018
A woman, a Canadian, and a professor at my alma mater department @UWaterloo - could not be more proud. Congratulations Dr. Strickland! https://t.co/vYiXr4FQib
— Robert Moucha ???? (@ProfMoucha) October 2, 2018
Congrats to Donna Strickland for her #NobelPrize!!!! Great to see a woman in STEM getting recognized for her work! @UWaterloo @univcan https://t.co/dvkb8b1FQj
— Wendy Phillips Therr (@WendyTherr) October 2, 2018
Truly worth celebrating; Nobel laureate who is physicist/is Canadian & is female congrats Donna Strickland @UWaterloo for award winning groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics
— Karen Redman (@redman4region) October 2, 2018
"Donna Strickland, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, on Tuesday became the first woman in 55 years and the third ever to win the Nobel Prize in Physics..." (shared prize, source @CBCNews). Congrats! Proud to be Canadian! @UWaterloo #womeninscience
— N. Laschuk (@las_education) October 2, 2018
Exciting to see @UWaterloo’s Dr. Donna Strickland win the Nobel Prize in Physics! A brilliant role model for young women and girls entering the field. https://t.co/kvSHlWQN43
— John Nater, M.P. (@JohnNaterMP) October 2, 2018
It's amazing to see women in STEM receive recognition for their groundbreaking work. Congratulations Dr. Strickland! #NobelPrize #UWaterloo https://t.co/AIoCe6hfAR
— Catherine Fife (@CFifeKW) October 2, 2018
Congratulations all three, but especially fellow Canadian Donna Strickland! https://t.co/0hQRKmBi5M
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) October 2, 2018
