David A. Weitz [SEP] educated at
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz (born October 3, 1951) is a Canadian/American physicist and Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics & Applied Physics and professor of Systems Biology at Harvard University. He is the co-director of the BASF Advanced Research Initiative at Harvard, co-director of the Harvard Kavli Institute for Bionano Science & Technology, and director of the Harvard Materials Research Science & Engineering Center. He is best known for his work in the areas of diffusing-wave spectroscopy, microrheology, microfluidics, rheology,
awarded the Prix Litteraire de la Resistance.
For her work, she has received decorations from the French government, including the grade of "Officer" of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques and the Chevalier grade of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2003.
Dr. Weitz is the mother of Richard Weitz, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, David Weitz, a researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and Catherine Weitz, a scientist at the Planetary Science Institute.