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David R. Smith

American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1964 · age 62

David R. Smith is an American physicist and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University in North Carolina and visiting professor at Imperial College London. Smith's research focuses on electromagnetic metamaterials, or materials with a negative index of refraction.

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2013James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsAward2009Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2005Descartes PrizeAward1964Born