Katherine Freese
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.031149
Today is theoretical physicist Katherine Freese’s birthday. Freese was born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1957. She is currently a professor at the University of Michigan and is the Director of the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm, Sweden. She is most well known for her work with dark matter and dark energy and was one of the first to propose ways of detecting dark matter. Her work led to experiments such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and has ruled out the possibility of MACHO (massive compact halo object) dark matter. She has also served as a board member for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Aspen Center for Physics and as member of the executive committee of the American Physical Society. (Image credit: APS)
Date in History: 8 February 1957
