David J. Lockwood
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David J. Lockwood | |
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| Born | Christchurch,
New Zealand |
| Citizenship | Canadian, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury, University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures |
| Awards | Brockhouse Medal (2005) Henry Marshall Tory Medal (2005) CAP Lifetime Achievement in Physics Medal (2013) Gordon E. Moore Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Science and Technology (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Institutions | University of Waterloo, National Research Council of Canada |
| Thesis | Light scattering spectroscopy: studies of electronic excitations and atomic vibrations in matter (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alister George McLellan |
David J. Lockwood is a Canadian physicist and researcher emeritus at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, editor of the journal Solid State Communications, editor of the Springer book series "Topics in Applied Physics",[1] and secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Association of Physicists. Lockwood is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Physical Society, the Electrochemical Society, and the Institute of Physics.
Lockwood was inspired to pursue physics at an early age by his Christchurch Boys' High School teacher, Henry (Swanny) Dyer.[2] He subsequently completed a B.Sc. (1964), M.Sc. (1966)[3] and Ph.D. (1969)[4] in Physics at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. His doctoral work, under Professor Alister McLellan, focused on Raman scattering from insulators.[5]
Academic career
Between 1970 and 1971, Lockwood undertook post-doctoral research at the University of Waterloo with Professor Donald Irish, where he investigated the vibrational spectroscopy of solvated cations.[6] He then spent six years as a research fellow at Edinburgh University, looking at the dynamical properties of structural phase transitions and antiferromagnets. These studies culminated in a DSc degree in physics from Edinburgh University in 1978.[7]
