Angela Dudley
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Angela Dudley
University of the Witwatersrand
About the Speaker
Dr. Angela Dudley is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. After receiving her M.Sc. in Physics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Angela joined the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at the National Laser Centre on a Ph.D. studentship in 2008. Her Ph.D. research involved measurement techniques for optical fields carrying orbital angular momentum. She received her Ph.D. in 2012 and subsequently commenced a Postdoctoral Fellowship followed by a Senior Researcher position at the CSIR. After 10 years at the CSIR, Angela joined the University of the Witwatersrand where she is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Physics department and a research group member of the Structured Light Lab. Angela’s particular research interests lie in developing novel generation and diagnostic approaches for structured light over a range of powers and wavelengths. Her research has resulted in 35 peer-reviewed journal articles, more than 35 international conference proceedings and 2 international patent. Angela was selected as Optica Fellow in 2024.