Richard R. Freeman
Richard R. Freeman | |
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| Born | Richard Reiling Freeman November 13, 1944 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 2024 (aged 79) |
| Occupations | Physicist, academic and researcher |
| Title | Emeritus Edward Teller Professor of Applied Science |
| Awards | Fellow, Optical Society of America Fellow, American Physical Society |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.S., physics A.M., physics Ph.D., physics |
| Alma mater | University of Washington Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Ramsey |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Washington Ohio State University University of California, Davis |
Richard Reiling Freeman (November 13, 1944 – March 25, 2024) was an American physicist, academic and researcher. He was an affiliated professor of physics at the University of Washington, a distinguished emeritus professor of mathematical and physical science at Ohio State University, and an emeritus Edward Teller Professor of Applied Science at University of California, Davis.
Freeman’s research specialized in high energy density physics. He authored over 350 peer-reviewed research papers and holds six patents in the fields of lithography and laser processing. His graduate textbook, Electromagnetic Radiation, was published in 2019.
He was a fellow of American Physical Society (APS) and Optical Society of America.