David Ritchie (physicist)

{{Short description|Physics and semiconductor professor}}

{{Other people|David Ritchie|David Ritchie (disambiguation){{!}}David Ritchie}}

David Ritchie is a professor of experimental physics at the University of Cambridge{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Prof D. A. |date=2013-10-09 |title=Professor David Ritchie |url=https://www.sp.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/dar11 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=www.sp.phy.cam.ac.uk |language=en}} and of semiconductor science and technology at Swansea University.{{Cite web |title=Professor David Ritchie - Swansea University |url=https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/d.a.ritchie/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=www.swansea.ac.uk |language=en-GB}} He is known for his work in III-V semiconductor physics.{{Cite web |title=David A Ritchie |url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=FtEyPbMAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=scholar.google.co.uk}}

He was awarded the 2008 Tabor medal and prize by the UK Institute of Physics.{{Cite web |title=David Tabor Medal and Prize recipients |url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/silver-subject-medals/david-tabor-medal-and-prize-recipients#gref |website=Institute of Physics}}  He is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics and was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2020,{{Cite web |last=Wales |first=The Learned Society of |title=David Ritchie |url=https://www.learnedsociety.wales/fellow/david-ritchie/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=The Learned Society of Wales |language=en-US}} and member of Academia Europaea in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Academy of Europe: Ritchie David |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Ritchie_David |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=www.ae-info.org}}