Jack H. Freed Explained

Jack H. Freed (born April 19, 1938) is an American chemist known for his pioneering work in electron paramagnetic resonance (aka electron spin resonance) spectroscopy. He is the Frank and Robert Laughlin Professor of Physical Chemistry, emeritus, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Biography

Jack Freed was born in New York City. He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1958 from Yale University and his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1962 from Columbia University.

Freed is currently the Frank and Robert Laughlin Professor of Physical Chemistry, emeritus, in the department of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University.^[1] In 2001, Freed founded the National Biomedical Center for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance Technology (ACERT)^[2] funded by National Institutes of Health and has been its director since then. In 2004, he was an editor for Journal of Physical Chemistry. Before that he was a fellow in numerous places such as Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Hebrew University Institute for Advanced Studies, and Weizmann Institute of Science.

In 2023, he received two grants totaling $7.8 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to use electron-spin resonance (ESR) for the benefit of public health. Located in Baker Lab on Cornell’s Ithaca campus, this national resource will provide cutting-edge ESR spectroscopy for biomedical researchers engaged in projects aimed at understanding and combating diseases and ailments. The resource is the only one in the U.S of its kind.^[3]

Honors and awards

• Fellow of the A. P. Sloan Foundation, 1966
• Senior fellow of the Weizmann Institute of Science, 1970
• Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1976^[4]
• Buck-Whitney Award in Pure and Applied Chemistry by American Chemical Society, 1981^[5]
• Bruker Award in Electron Spin Resonance by the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1990
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1994
• Gold Medal by International EPR/ESR Society, 1994^[6]
• Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics by the American Physical Society, 1997^{[7] [8]}
• International Zavoisky Award by the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1998^[9]
• Honorary member of the National Magnetic Society of India, 2001
• Special J.H. Freed Festschrift Issue by the Journal of Physical Chemistry on his 65th birthday, 2004^{[10] [11]}
• Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance, 2008
• E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy by the American Chemical Society, 2008^{[12] [13]}
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009
• ISMAR Prize by the International Society of Magnetic Resonance, 2013^[14]
• Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Chemistry of Liquids by the American Chemical Society, 2014^{[15] [16] [17] [18]}
• Fellow of the International EPR/ESR Society, 2017^[19]

External links

• Publications and Patents of Jack H. Freed

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jack Freed Chemistry & Chemical Biology Cornell Arts & Sciences. chemistry.cornell.edu. en. 2017-07-06.
2. Web site: ACERT: Personnel. acert.cornell.edu. 2017-07-06.
3. Web site: NIH funds Cornell-led biomedical initiatives Cornell Chronicle . 2023-12-13 . news.cornell.edu . en.
4. Web site: APS Fellow Archive. American Physical Society. (search on year=1976 and institution=Cornell University)
5. Web site: Buck-Whitney Award. Eastern New York Section. 2017-08-02.
6. Web site: International EPR (ESR) Society – Awards. www.ieprs.org. en. 2017-08-02.
7. Web site: Prize Recipient. www.aps.org. en. 2017-08-02.
8. Web site: Cornell chemist Jack Freed receives APS award Cornell Chronicle. news.cornell.edu. 2017-08-02.
9. Web site: Award Holders. www.kfti.knc.ru. 2017-08-02.
10. Web site: Cornell's Freed honored by Journal of Physical Chemistry special issue Cornell Chronicle. news.cornell.edu. 2017-08-02.
11. Web site: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (ACS Publications). pubs.acs.org. en. 2017-08-02.
12. Web site: E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy – American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society. en. 2017-08-02.
13. Web site: Chemist Jack Freed wins 2008 Wilson Award in Spectroscopy Cornell Chronicle. news.cornell.edu. 2017-08-02.
14. Web site: Jack H. Freed ISMAR. www.weizmann.ac.il. 2017-08-02.
15. Web site: The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. phys-acs.org. 2017-08-02.
16. Web site: Six chemistry faculty receive national awards Cornell Chronicle. news.cornell.edu. 2017-08-02.
17. Web site: Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids – American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society. en. 2017-08-02.
18. Web site: Joel Henry Hildebrand Award In The Theoretical & Experimental Chemistry Of Liquids Chemical & Engineering News. Kemsley. Jyllian. cen.acs.org. 2017-08-02.
19. Web site: International EPR (ESR) Society – Awards. www.ieprs.org. en. 2017-08-02.