David Thouless
- Born: September 21, 1934 (Bearsden, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Education
- 1955: BA, Cambridge University
- 1958: PhD, Cornell University (Theoretical Physics)
Major Positions
- 1958–1959: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physicist
- 1959–1961: University of Birmingham, Research Fellow
- 1961–1965: Cambridge University, Lecturer
- 1965–1978: University of Birmingham, Professor of Mathematical Physics
- 1979–1980: Yale University, Professor of Applied Science
- 1980–2003: University of Washington, Professor of Physics
- 2003–present: University of Washington, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1983–1985: Cambridge University, Royal Society Research Fellow
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1989–1992: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1990: Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics
- 1995: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 2000: American Physical Society, Lars Onsager Prize
