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Awschalom, David Daniel was born on October 11, 1956 in Baton Rouge. Son of Miguel and Evelyn Awschalom.
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David Daniel Awschalom
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David Daniel Awschalom, American Physicist. Achievements include development and application of ultrafast opticaltechnique for exploring electronic and magnetic interactions in quantum systems; invented new time-and spatially-resolved magnetic spectroscopies using superconducting and optical devices. Named James scholar University of Illinois, 1976-1978, Exxon Predoctoral fellow, 1981;recipient Lyman Physics prize University of Illinois, 1978.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Illinois, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1982.
Career
Exxon research fellow, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1981-1982; postdoctoral fellow, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1982-1983; research staff member, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1984-1989; manager nonequilibrium physics department, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1989-1992; professor physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1992. Member National Research Council Panel on Magnetic Semiconductors, 1990, National Research Council Panel on Naval Research, 1991, National Science Foundation Center for Quantized Electronics Structures, 1992. Seminar speaker in field.
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Membership
Fellow American Physical Society. Member Materials Research Society (Outstanding Investigator prize 1992).
Connections
Married Nancy L. Kawalek, August 6, 1988.
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