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David Awschalom
David Awschalom speaking at the 2013 Nobel Week Dialogue in Göteborg, Sweden
Born (1956-10-11) October 11, 1956 (age 67)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign(BS)
Cornell University(PhD)
AwardsOliver E. Buckley Prize(2005)
Agilent Europhysics Prize{{small|(2005)
Turnbull Lectureship Award(2010)
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter physics
Spintronics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
University of California, Santa Barbara

David D. Awschalom (born 1956 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States)[1] is an American condensed matter experimental physicist. He is best known for his work in spintronics in semiconductors.

Awschalom graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with a B.Sc. in physics. He received a Ph.D. in experimental physics from Cornell University.[2][3] He is the Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME).[3] He previously served as the Director of the California Nanosystems Institute and was a professor in the Physics Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara as well as an associated faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has a Hirsch number of 92.

Awards and Honors

References

  1. ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  2. ^ "David Awschalom". The Awschalom Group. University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b "David Awschalom - People - Awschalom Group - Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering". pme.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  4. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. ^ "2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  6. ^ "[ EPS ]". www.physics.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  7. ^ "David D. Awschalom". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  8. ^ "David Awschalom". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  9. ^ "David Turnbull Lectureship". www.mrs.org. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  10. ^ "Professor David D. Awschalom". NAE Website. Retrieved 2019-10-27.