David Awschalom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Awschalom

American physicist

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1956

Place of Birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

David D.
Awschalom (born 1956 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) 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.
He is the Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME).
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 92.