Franklin Dollar
researcher
Franklin J. Dollar is an American physicist and professor at the department of physics and astronomy at University of California, Irvine (UCI). A member of the Pomo tribe, he grew up on a reservation near Geyserville, California. He earned his Bachelor of Science in engineering physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2006 and graduated with a PhD in applied physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2012. Dollar joined UCI in 2015 and studies optics there. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2022.
Early life and education
Franklin J. Dollar is a member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians. He grew up on a Native American reservation near Geyserville, California. The reservation had no electricity, internet or running water. He attended Geyserville Educational Park.
In 2006, Dollar earned his Bachelor of Science in engineering physics from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB).
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