Karl Freed
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 |
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]
Education[edit]
- Stuyvesant High School[8]
- Columbia University, B.S., 1963
- Harvard University, A.M., 1965; Ph.D., 1967
Career and research[edit]
Freed was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manchester from 1967-1968.[2][3]
His former doctoral students include John M. Jumper[9] and Moungi Bawendi.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Karl Freed publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b "Faculty | University of Chicago Department of Chemistry". chemistry.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Karl Freed publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ 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
- ^ Jumper, John (2017). New methods using rigorous machine learning for coarse-grained protein folding and dynamics. chicago.edu (PhD thesis). University of Chicago. doi:10.6082/M1BZ647N. OCLC 1237239279.
- ^ "University of Chicago alum shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry - CBS Chicago". www.cbsnews.com. 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
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