Karl Freed
American theoretical chemist
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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.[2][3] 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.[4][5][6][1][7]
September 25, 1942
Harvard University (PhD)
University of Chicago
Karl Freed | |
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| Born | Karl Frederick Freed September 25, 1942 |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Polymer physics Biophysics Chemical physics Theoretical chemistry[1] |
| Institutions | University of Manchester University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Theoretical studies in molecular spectroscopy (1967) |
| Doctoral students | John M. Jumper Moungi Bawendi |
| Website | chemistry |
Education
- Stuyvesant High School[8]
- Columbia University, B.S., 1963
- Harvard University, A.M., 1965; Ph.D., 1967 (with William Klemperer)
Career and research
Freed was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manchester from 1967-1968.[2][3]
Two of Freed's former doctoral students have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Moungi Bawendi[9] in 2023 and John M. Jumper[10] in 2024.
