Karl Freed
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Karl Frederick Freed (born September 25, 1942) is an American theoretical chemist recognized for his research in polymer physics. Freed has spent his academic career in the Department of Chemistry and the James Frank Institute at the University of Chicago, where he is the Henry G. Gale Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus.[1][2] He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and was awarded the Polymer Physics Prize of the American Physical Society in 2014 and the Award in Pure Chemistry by the American Chemical Society in 1976.[3][4][5]
Education
- Stuyvesant High School[6]
- Columbia University, B.S., 1963
- Harvard University, A.M., 1965; Ph.D., 1967
- University of Manchester, England, NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, 1967-1968 [7][8]
References
- ^ "Faculty | University of Chicago Department of Chemistry". chemistry.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Faculty | James Franck Institute".
- ^ "2014 Polymer Physics Prize Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "ACS Award in Pure Chemistry".
- ^ Mohanty, Udayan; Herman, Michael; Douglas, Jack; Dudowitcz, Jacek (2008). "Biography of Karl Freed". Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 112 (50): 15945–15947. doi:10.1021/jp806182m. PMID 19072138.
- ^ [http://home.uchicago.edu/~freed/Biography.pdf Biography of Karl Freed Udayan Mohanty, Michael Herman, Jack Douglas, and Jacek Dudowitcz J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112 (50), 15945-15947 • Publication Date (Web): 11 December 2008]
- ^ "Faculty | University of Chicago Department of Chemistry". chemistry.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Faculty | James Franck Institute".
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