Joshi was elected a member of the
National Academy of Engineering in 2014 for contributions to development of laser- and beam-driven plasma accelerators. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, the director of the Center for High Frequency Electronics and the head of the Neptune Laboratory for Advanced Accelerator Research at UCLA.[3]
Joshi had his primary education at Dravid High school, Wai. While in 9th grade, he was selected by 'Pestalozzi Children's village Trust' in England and went to England for his further studies.
At UCLA, Joshi has built a strong research group that has done pioneering work in the areas of laser-
plasma instabilities,[4] plasma-based light sources,[5]laser fusion[6] and basic plasma experiments. Joshi has made many fundamental contributions to the understanding of extremely
nonlinear optical effects in plasmas.[7] Most notable including his first experimental demonstration of four-wave mixing, stimulated Raman forward instability, resonant self-focusing, frequency upshifting by ionization fronts and nonlinear coupling between electron-plasma waves.[8] His group is best known, however, for developing the field of plasma-based
particle accelerators over the past three decades.[9][10][11]
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research (1996): "For their pioneering experiments in Plasma Based Accelerator Concepts; particularly for their unambiguous experimental demonstration that electrons can be accelerated to relativistic energies by the beating of two laser beams in a plasma with their frequency difference equal to the plasma frequency."[12]
USPAS Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and Technology (1997): "For pioneering experiments on high gradient, laser-driven, plasma beat-wave acceleration."[14]
James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (2006): "For his insight and leadership in applying plasma concepts to high energy electron and positron acceleration, and for his creative exploration of related aspects of plasma physics."[1]
Hannes Alfvén Prize (2023, with Pisin Chen and James Rosenzweig): "For proposing, demonstrating and conducting impressive ground-breaking experiments on plasma wakefield accelerators driven by particle beams, thus firmly establishing the new concept of plasma acceleration and their applications in the scientific community."[citation needed]
^US 6737809, Espiau, Frederick M.; Joshi, Chandrashekhar J. & Chang, Yian, "Plasma lamp with dielectric waveguide", published 2004-05-18, assigned to
Luxim Corp.
^Forslund, D. W.; Kindel, J. M.; Mori, W. B.; Joshi, C.; Dawson, J. M. (1985). "Two-Dimensional Simulations of Single-Frequency and Beat-Wave Laser-Plasma Heating". Physical Review Letters. 54 (6): 558–561.
Bibcode:
1985PhRvL..54..558F.
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.558.
PMID10031551.
^Filip, C. V.; Narang, R.; Tochitsky, S. Y.; Clayton, C. E.; Joshi, C. (2002). "Optical Kerr switching technique for the production of a picosecond, multiwavelength CO2 laser pulse". Applied Optics. 41 (18): 3743–3747.
Bibcode:
2002ApOpt..41.3743F.
doi:
10.1364/AO.41.003743.
ISSN2155-3165.
PMID12078701.
^Modena, A.; Najmudin, Z.; Dangor, A.E.; Clayton, C.E.; Marsh, K.A.; Joshi, C.; Malka, V.; Darrow, C.B.; Danson, C. (1996). "Observation of Raman forward scattering and electron acceleration in the relativistic regime". IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 24 (2): 289–295.
Bibcode:
1996ITPS...24..289M.
CiteSeerX10.1.1.716.5882.
doi:
10.1109/27.509992.
ISSN1939-9375.
^Joshi, C.; Mori, W. B.; Katsouleas, T.; Dawson, J. M.; Kindel, J. M.; Forslund, D. W. (1984). "Ultrahigh gradient particle acceleration by intense laser-driven plasma density waves". Nature. 311 (5986): 525–529.
Bibcode:
1984Natur.311..525J.
doi:
10.1038/311525a0.
ISSN0028-0836.
S2CID4361301.
^Blumenfeld, I.; Clayton, C. E.; Decker, F.-J.; Hogan, M. J.; Huang, C.; Ischebeck, R.; Iverson, R.; Joshi, C.; Katsouleas, T.; Kirby, N.; Lu, W. (2007). "Energy doubling of 42 GeV electrons in a metre-scale plasma wakefield accelerator". Nature. 445 (7129): 741–744.
Bibcode:
2007Natur.445..741B.
doi:
10.1038/nature05538.
ISSN1476-4687.
PMID17301787.
S2CID4334568.
Joshi, C.; Mori, W. B.; Katsouleas, T.; Dawson, J. M.; Kindel, J. M.; Forslund, D. W. (1984). "Ultrahigh gradient particle acceleration by intense laser-driven plasma density waves". Nature. 311 (5986): 525–529.
Bibcode:
1984Natur.311..525J.
doi:
10.1038/311525a0.
S2CID4361301.