David Phillip Woodruff FRS is a British physicist, professor at University of Warwick, [1] and member of the Surface, Interface & Thin Films group. [2]
He earned a B.Sc. from University of Bristol in 1965, and a Ph.D.(1968), and D.Sc. (1983) from Warwick University.[ citation needed ] He formally retired in 2011 [3] but remains research active as an emeritus professor.
Woorduff is a fellow of the Institute of Physics, and the Woodruff Thesis prize is named in his honour. [4] He won the Nevill Mott Medal and Prize in 2003, [5] and Max Born Medal and Prize in 2011.