| Authorised form of name | MacKay; David John Cameron (1967 - 2016) |
| Dates | 1967 - 2016 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Stoke on Trent, England |
| Date of birth | 22/04/1967 |
| Date of death | 14/04/2016 |
| Activity | Education:
Newcastle-under-Lyme School, Staffordshire (1975-85); BA Natural Sciences (Physics and Theiretical Physics) Triple First, Trinity College Cambridge (1985-88); Ph.D Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, USA (1988-91)
Career:
Introduced more efficient types of error-correcting code that are now used in satellite communications, digital broadcasting and magnetic recording.
University Lecturer Department of Physics, Cambridge University (1995-99); Reader in Natural Philosophy, Department of Physics, Cambridge University (1999-2003); Professor of Natural Philosophy, Department of Physics, Cambridge University (2003 - )
Awarded Knight Batchelor [Kt] in New Years Honours Lisr 2016
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/05/2009 |
| Age at election | 42 |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Royal Society Blackett Memorial Lecture, 29 November 2012, given at the Royal Society
Grants and fellowships:
Royal Society Smithson Research Fellow, Darwin College, Cambridge (1992-95); |
| PublishedWorks | Electronic Book 'Sustainable Energy' 2012, http://www.withouthotair.com/ |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/72445077 |
| Code | NA9629 |