Title:

University Professor of Physics

Affiliation:

University of California, Berkeley

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

2001

Citation:

"For his creation and application of a quantum theory for explaining and predicting properties of real materials, which formed the basis for semiconductor physics and nanoscience."

Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on June 12, 2002.