David Tanner

David Tanner is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Florida, holding appointments in gravitational physics and condensed matter research. His experimental work spans fundamental particle detection and materials characterization.

His gravitational wave research contributed to the first direct detection of black hole mergers. Parallel investigations develop novel detectors for axion dark matter candidates using quantum measurement techniques.

Dr. Tanner's materials research examines optical properties of superconductors and nanostructures. His textbook on optical effects in solids synthesizes decades of experimental condensed matter physics research.

He has received multiple honors including the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for gravitational wave detection and the Panofsky Prize for instrumentation advances.