David Griffiths

Who is David Griffiths?

David J. Griffiths is a U.S. physicist and educator. He worked at Reed College from 1978 through 2009, becoming the Howard Vollum Professor of Science before his retirement. He is not to be confused with the late physicist David J. Griffiths of Oregon State University.

Griffiths is a graduate of The Putney School and was trained at Harvard University. His doctoral work on theoretical particle physics was supervised by Sidney Coleman. He is principally known as the author of three highly regarded textbooks for undergraduate physics students: Introduction to Elementary Particles, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, and Introduction to Electrodynamics. He was also the recipient of the 1997 Robert A. Millikan award reserved for "those who have made outstanding scholarly contributions to physics education".