David Awschalom

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David Awschalom
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David Awschalom speaking at the 2013 Nobel Week Dialogue in Göteborg, Sweden
Born (1956-10-11) October 11, 1956 (age 68)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (BS)
Cornell University (PhD)
Awards Oliver E. Buckley Prize (2005)
Agilent Europhysics Prize (2005)
Turnbull Lectureship Award(2010)
Scientific career
Fields Condensed matter physics
Spintronics
Institutions University 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.

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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.

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  1. "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  2. "David Awschalom". The Awschalom Group. University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "David Awschalom - People - Awschalom Group - Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering". pme.uchicago.edu. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  4. "David Awschalom Bio Page". Chicago Quantum Exchange. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  5. "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. "2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  7. "[ EPS ]". www.physics.rutgers.edu. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  8. "David D. Awschalom". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  9. "David Awschalom". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  10. "David Turnbull Lectureship". www.mrs.org. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  11. "Professor David D. Awschalom". NAE Website. Retrieved October 27, 2019.