| Birth Name: | Karl Frederick Freed |
| Birth Date: | 25 September 1942 |
| Fields: | Polymer physics Biophysics Chemical physics Theoretical chemistry |
| Workplaces: | University of Manchester University of Chicago |
| Alma Mater: | Columbia University (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Thesis Title: | Theoretical studies in molecular spectroscopy |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1035215046 |
| Thesis Year: | 1967 |
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| Doctoral Students: | John M. Jumper Moungi Bawendi |
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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]
Freed was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manchester from 1967-1968.[1] [2]
His former doctoral students include John M. Jumper[7] and Moungi Bawendi.[8]