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Allan H. MacDonald
Born (1951-12-01) December 1, 1951 (age 72)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America, Canada
Alma materSt. Francis Xavier University, University of Toronto
AwardsOliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin

Allan H. MacDonald is an theoretical condensed matter physicist and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Professor of Physics at The University of Texas at Austin. He completed a B.S. in physics at St. Francis Xavier University in 1973 and his Ph.D. at The University of Toronto in 1978. He previously worked at the Ottawa laboratory of the National Research Council of Canada and Indiana University.[1]

MacDonald's area of interest is on how electron-electron interactions affect electronic properties in condensed matter systems. He previously worked on density functional theory and the Quantum Hall effect, and most recently has focused on the Spin Hall effect, magnetic insulators, magnetic semiconductors and spin-orbit interactions.[2] His work has been cited more than 53,743 times, and he has a h-index of 113.[3]

He received the Canadian Association of Physicists's Herzberg Medal in 1987,[4] is a Fellow of the American Physical Society,[5] and was elected to the National Academy of the Sciences in 2012.[6]

His describes his own research as "driven, for the most part, by experiment rather than by theoretical technique".[7]

References

  1. ^ 2007 Buckley Award citation
  2. ^ 2007 Buckley Award citation
  3. ^ Web of Knowledge Listing
  4. ^ "CAP Herzberg Medal previous winners". Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2013-01-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ APS Fellows - M
  6. ^ UT News:University of Texas at Austin Physicist Allan MacDonald Elected to National Academy of Sciences
  7. ^ "MacDonald CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2013-01-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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