David B. Tanner

American physics professor (born 1945)
  • University of Virginia (B.A.)
  • Cornell University (M.S. and Ph.D.)
Awards
  • Frank Isakson Prize (2016)[1]
  • Special Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics (2016) [2]
Scientific careerFieldsPhysics, ChemistryInstitutions
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Ohio State University
  • University of Florida
ThesisSome size effects in metals in the far infrared (1972)Doctoral advisorAlbert John Sievers

David Burnham Tanner is a Distinguished Professor of Physics[3][4] and an affiliate professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida.[5]

He studied at the University of Virginia where he received his B. A. degree. He has a PhD in Physics from Cornell University.[6]

He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1989 "for studies of the basic infrared properties of new materials".[7] and awarded their Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids in 2016.[8]

He published the textbook Optical Effects in Solids in 2019.[9]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids Recipient". Aps.org.
  2. ^ "Special breakthrough prize in Fundamental Physics awarded for detection of gravitational waves 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted their existence". breakthroughprize.org.
  3. ^ "Distinguished Professors". ufl.edu. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "David Tanner". ufl.edu. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Department of Chemistry, People". chem.ufl.edu.
  6. ^ Tanner, David (1972-08-01). Some size effects in metals in the far infrared (PhD). Cornell University. doi:10.2172/4569168. OCLC 743364351. OSTI 4569168.
  7. ^ "APS Fwellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Welcome to the Physics Department at the University of Florida". UF. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  9. ^ Tanner, David (April 2019). Optical Effects in Solids. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316672778.
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