David Robert Nygren (born December 30, 1938) is a particle physicist known for his invention of the time projection chamber. He is currently a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 1973. He has been called "the most distinguished developer of particle detection instruments in the country".
Nygren earned his B.A. degree at Whitman College in 1960, and his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1967. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Honors and awards 2018 - IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award 2015 - APS Division of Particles and Fields Instrumentation Award 2015 - Aldo Menzione award from Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics Society awarded at 13th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors 2015 - Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors 2013 - Lifetime Achievement Award from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2008 - Honorary doctorate, Stockholm University 2000 - Member, National Academy of Sciences 1998 - W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics 1995 - Distinguished Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1985 - Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
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External links Interview with Alexandro Bettini in Jot Down Magazine, September, 2012