Dr. Brittany Lynn is a Physicist and Project Manager at Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific where she is engaged in basic, applied and technology transition research. Her interests are in free-space optical communications and the physics and applications of ultra-short pulse laser plasmas. Dr. Lynn serves on DoD Working Groups in the areas of laser source development, modeling and simulation, and Ultra Short Pulse Laser standards development. She has authored/co-authored more than 45 journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters, regularly chairs professional conference sessions and holds 5 patents with 2 additional patents pending.

In 2018, Dr. Lynn received the SPAWAR Pacific Exemplary Achievement Award for sustained performance exceeding the expected contribution in her development and leadership of the High Energy Laser Facility at NIWC Pacific. In 2019, she was awarded the 2018 Assistant Secretary of the Navy (RD&A) Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award for Emergent Scientist Investigator for her achievements in Laser Induced Plasma effects and applications.

Dr. Lynn received her Bachelors of Science in Optical Engineering with a minor in Materials Science from the University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences in 2010. She received her doctoral degree in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona in 2015 with an emphasis in diffractive systems, holography and electromagnetic propagation modeling. Prior to employment at NIWC Pacific, she worked on the development of femtosecond fiber lasers at NP Photonics, a fiber laser company in Tucson, AZ.