David Ritchie is a professor of

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at the

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and of

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science and technology at Swansea University. He is known for his work in III-V semiconductor physics. He was awarded the 2008 Tabor medal and prize by the UK

Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based not-for-profit learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, physics research, research and applied physics, application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide ...

. He is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics and was elected a Fellow of the

Learned Society of Wales The Learned Society of Wales () is a national academy, learned society and Charitable organization, charity that exists to "celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines", and to serve the W ...

in 2020, and member of

Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of humanities, letters, law, and sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of Europe ...

in 2021.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Physicists at the University of Cambridge Academics of Swansea University Fellows of the Institute of Physics {{physics-stub