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 was the Chair of the Duke Academic Council from 2014-2015 and an Associate Dean in the Pratt School of Engineering for 6 years. 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 Photonics Board of Governors, and as the VP for Conferences and as the VP Technical Affairs, as well as the Atlanta Section President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary, and a member of the IEEE Proceedings Editorial Board. She is a Fellow of Optica (formerly the the Optical Society of America), and has served as Chair of the OSA Engineering Council and as an Associate Editor of Optica. 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 also served on the National Academies Board on Global Science and Technology. She has published over 250 refereed journal and conference publications, and has 6 patents.  She is a co-founder of the organization Triangle Women in STEM. 

Appointments and Affiliations

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

Contact Information

• Office Location: Fciemas 3589, Durham, NC 27708
• Office Phone: +1 919 660 5503
• Email Address: nan.jokerst@duke.edu
• Websites:
  • Jokerst Lab Website
  • Duke Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility

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

• EGR 101L: Engineering Design and Communication
• ECE 496: Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• ECE 495: Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• ECE 449: Sensors and Sensor Interface Design

In the News

• Inside the XPrize Pressure Cooker (Oct 24, 2023 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Senior Capstone Design: Sensors Versus Squirrels (May 3, 2022 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Duke & UNC: Rivals on the Court, Teammates in Science (Mar 5, 2021)
• Girls STEM Day @ Duke Fuels the STEM Pipeline (May 24, 2018 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• What Happens When a Dolphin Holds Its Breath? (May 17, 2018 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Custom Silicon Microparticles Dynamically Reconfigure On Demand (May 3, 2018 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Nurturing the Nanotech Maker in Us All (Sep 17, 2017 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Academic Council Chair Looks Ahead to a Year of Strategic Plans, Equity and Diversity Studies (Sep 24, 2015)
• A UNC/Duke/NCSU collaboration could lead to next nano eureka (Sep 18, 2015 | Triangle Business Journal)
• Duke part of NSF-funded network to help businesses, educators pursue nanotechnology innovation (Sep 17, 2015)
• Convocation Message to New Grad & Professional Students: Think Big, Reach Out, Lead On (Aug 20, 2015)
• Pratt Professor Nan Jokerst Elected Chair of the Academic Council (Feb 24, 2015)
• Discovery Could Lead to End of Sunburn Pain (Aug 5, 2013)

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].
• Khatib, O; Tyler, T; Padilla, WJ; Jokerst, NM; Everitt, HO, Strain sensing with THz metamaterial composites, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2020) [abs].