Dr. David Attwood

Biography

David Attwood received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from New York University in 1972. He has been a Professor at UC Berkeley since 1989 and is the co-founder of the Applied Science and Technology Ph.D. program. Attwood has served as a faculty advisor for the undergraduate Engineering Physics program for 25 years. His research interests focus on the use of short wavelength electromagnetic radiation, including X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation in the 0.1-30 nm range. Specific topics of interest include coherence of X-ray wavelengths, element-specific nanoscale imaging, and EUV lithography. He has been involved in the development of novel Fourier optics and image contrast techniques, actively utilizing coherent sources of short wavelengths. Attwood was the founding Director of the Center for X-ray Optics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and served as the Scientific Director of the Advanced Light Source. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America and is an International Fellow of the Japanese Society of Applied Physics. He authored the book 'X-Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation: Principles and Applications' published by Cambridge University Press in 2017, and his teaching includes recent courses on X-rays and EUV radiation.

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