| Chris G. Van de Walle | |
| Citizenship: | US, Belgian |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Fields: | First-principles calculations for materials |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Santa Barbara, |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Richard Martin |
| Known For: | First-principles calculations for materials; Professor in the Materials Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara; |
| Awards: | Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientist, Medard W. Welch Award, David Adler Award from the APS |
Chris G. Van de Walle is a professor in the Materials Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1986.[1] Prior to joining UCSB in 2004, he was a Principal Scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). His research interests include first-principles calculations for materials, defects and doping in semiconductors and oxides, surfaces and interfaces, and the physics of hydrogen in materials.[2] [3] Van de Walle is a Fellow of the APS, MRS, AAAS, AVS, and IEEE. He is the recipient of a Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientist, the Medard W. Welch Award,[4] and the David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics from the APS.