David Kawall

David Kawall is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, affiliated with the College of Natural Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University (1996). His research focuses on experimental nuclear and atomic physics, including studies of proton spin structure, electric dipole moments (EDMs), and muon g-2 experiments. He is a key member of the PHENIX Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and leads the CeNTREX project searching for time reversal symmetry violation using TlF molecules. His work combines high-energy physics with precision atomic measurements to explore fundamental symmetries and quantum chromodynamics (QCD).

• Education: Ph.D., Stanford University (1996)
• Research Themes: Proton spin puzzle, EDM searches, quark-gluon plasma dynamics
• Key Collaborations: PHENIX (RHIC), CeNTREX (atomic physics), Muon g-2 (FNAL)

His experimental programs investigate gluon contributions to proton spin via RHIC's transversely polarized proton collisions and pursue sub-femtobarn sensitivity in proton/deuteron EDM measurements using storage rings. The CeNTREX effort employs cryogenic TlF molecules to probe nuclear Schiff moments, while the muon g-2 experiment tests Standard Model predictions with 0.20 ppm precision. Teaching excellence has been recognized institutionally.