David Awschalom

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 director of the Chicago Quantum Exchange and a Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME). Oliver E. Buckley Prize by the American Physical Society (2005) Agilent Europhysics Prize by the European Physical Society (2005) elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006) elected member of National Academy of Sciences (2007) Turnbull Lectureship Award from the Materials Research Society (2010) elected member of National Academy of Engineering (2011)