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David Ernest McClelland | |
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| Born | 26 September 1956 Perth |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Optical squeezing, Gravitational-wave detectors |
| Awards | Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science (2013)[1] Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) Gruber Cosmology Prize (2016) Walter Boas Medal (2017) QCMC Award in Quantum Experimentation (2018) Australian Prime Minister's Prize for Science (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | The Australian National University |
David Ernest McClelland FAA is an Australian physicist, with his research focused on the development of the manipulation and control of optical quantum states, and its implementation into gravitational wave observatories. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. Since 2001, he has been a professor at the Australian National University (ANU) in the Research School of Physics and Engineering, in Canberra (Australia). He is Director of the ANU's Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics and Deputy Director of OzGrav - the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Gravitational Wave Discovery.