David Kelly Campbell (born July 23, 1944) is an American theoretical

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

and academic leader. His research has spanned high energy physics,

condensed matter physics Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid phases which arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms. More generally, the sub ...

and nonlinear dynamics. He also served as Physics Department Head at the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Universit ...

, Dean of the College Engineering at

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

, and Boston University Provost.

Education

* B.A. in chemistry and physics, summa cum laude,

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

, 1966. * Part III, Mathematics Tripos, ''distinction,''

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, 1967. * Ph.D., theoretical physics and applied mathematics, University of Cambridge, 1970.

Professional employment

* Fellow Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. * Member, the

Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholar ...

, Princeton, New Jersey. * J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow,

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in ...

, 1974-1977 * Staff member,

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...

, 1977-1992 * Director, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory. * Professor and head, department of physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 1992-2000 * Dean college of engineering, Boston University, 2000-2005 * University provost, Boston University, 2005-2011

Awards and honors

* Sophia Freund Prize (highest ranking graduate), Harvard College, 1966. *

Marshall Scholarship The Marshall Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship for "intellectually distinguished young Americans ndtheir country's future leaders" to study at any university in the United Kingdom. It is widely considered one of the most prestigious sc ...

, University of Cambridge, 1966–68. * National Academy of Sciences Exchange Scientist to Soviet Union, 1977. * Visiting Professor, University of Dijon, Dijon, France, 1984 and 1985. * Ministry of Education Exchange Scientist to People's Republic of China, 1986. * New Mexico Eminent Scholar, 1989. * Emil Warburg Lecturer, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 1990. * Toshiba Lecturer, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 1994. * Deutschebank Distinguished Lecturer, Frankfurt, Germany, 1994. * C. N. Yang Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. * Stanislaw M. Ulam Scholar, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, August 1998-August 1999. * Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society, 2010 (jointly with Shlomo Havlin) * Visiting Scholar, International Institute of Physics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, 2014-2016 * Gauss Professor, Akademie der Wissenschaft zur Göttingen, 2014-2015 * Fellow of the

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...

for ''significant contributions in theoretical physics to quantum field theory, condensed-matter physics, computational physics, and non-linear science, and for his leadership role in the development of institutional programs in nonlinear science both at Los Alamos and internationally.''

References

1944 births Living people Fellows of the American Physical Society Boston University faculty 21st-century American physicists University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Alumni of the University of Cambridge Harvard College alumni {{Physicist-stub