Raymond E. Frey (physicist)

Raymond E. Frey
Born	1956 (age 68–69)
Alma mater	University of California, Riverside
Awards	Fellow, American Physical Society As co-discoverer of gravitational waves: 2016 Milner Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize 2017 Bruno Rossi Prize 2017 Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award
Scientific career
Fields	High energy particles and fields
Institutions	University of Oregon
Thesis	Charm Production at the CERN Proton-Antiproton Collider[1]
Doctoral advisor	Anne Kernan

Raymond E. Frey (b. 1956) is an American physicist on the faculty of the University of Oregon. His research interests include gravitational wave detection and astrophysics.

Early life and education

Born in 1956, Ray Frey is the son of USAF Lt. Col. Raymond E. Frey and Ellen L. (née Hagerstrand) Frey.^[2] In 1978 he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Irvine, and earned an M.S. (1981) and a Ph.D. in physics in 1984 at the University of California, Riverside, specializing in Experimental High Energy Physics.^[3]

Awards and honors

• 1993 – SSC Fellowship^[3]
• 1995-1996 – Commissioner of SLD at SLAC^[4]
• 1998-2000 – Chair, SLAC Users Organization^[3]
• 2009 – University of Oregon Research Innovation Award^[3]
• 2010-202013 and 2019-2022 – Member, Executive Committee, LIGO Scientific Collaboration^[3]
• As co-discoverer of gravitational waves: 2016 Milner Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics,^[5] 2016 Gruber Prize in Cosmology,^[6] 2017 Bruno Rossi Prize,^[7] 2017 Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award^[8]
• 2017-2018 – University of Oregon Fund for Faculty Excellence Award^[9]
• 2019 – University of Oregon award, Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with LIGO^[10]
• 2022 – Fellow of the American Institute of Physics, cited, "For leadership in several areas leading to gravitational wave detection, including the effects of environmental influences on the LIGO detectors and the searches for gravitational waves associated with astrophysical events, most notably gamma-ray bursts."^[11]

References

1. Frey, Raymond Edward (1984). "Charm production at the CERN proton-antiproton collider". UCR Library. ProQuest 303335636. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
2. "Ellen Frey Obituary (2006) - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Review-Journal". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
3. Frey, Raymond (2020). "Raymond Edward Frey, Curriculum vita" (PDF).
4. Csonka, Paul L.; Donnelly, Russell J. (March 20, 2016). "Physics Department History" (PDF). uoregon.edu.
5. "Breakthrough Prize – Special Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics Awarded For Detection Of Gravitational Waves 100 Years After Albert Einstein Predicted Their Existence". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
6. "2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize Press Release" (PDF). Gruber Foundation. May 4, 2016.
7. Fienberg, Richard (January 9, 2017). "AAS Announces Recipients of 2017 Prizes and Awards". American Astronomical Society.
8. "RAS Awards 2017". Astronomy & Geophysics. 58 (1): 1.8 – 1.10. February 1, 2017. doi:10.1093/astrogeo/atx017. ISSN 1366-8781.
9. "Previous Recipients - FFE | Office of the Provost". provost.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
10. "New Awards | UO Research and Innovation". research.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
11. "APS Fellow Archive". aps.org. 2023-04-30. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023. Retrieved 2024-10-08.

External links

• 2016 Colloquium: Raymond Frey on Gravitational Waves on YouTube (video, 54:44 minutes)