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 director of the Chicago Quantum Exchange[4] and a 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 96.

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. ^ "David Awschalom Bio Page". Chicago Quantum Exchange. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  5. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  6. ^ "2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  7. ^ "[ EPS ]". www.physics.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  8. ^ "David D. Awschalom". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  9. ^ "David Awschalom". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  10. ^ "David Turnbull Lectureship". www.mrs.org. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  11. ^ "Professor David D. Awschalom". NAE Website. Retrieved 2019-10-27.


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