Katherine Freese

American astrophysicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1957 · age 69

Katherine Freese is a theoretical astrophysicist. She is currently a professor and Director of the Weinberg Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the Jeff and Gail Kodosky Endowed Chair in Physics.

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2021“... On my father’s side, I come from a family of artists and architects. My grandfather was a Bauhaus architect in Germany and my grandmother was a painter.”In their words23 April 2021Interview of Katherine Freese by David Zierler on 23 April 2021, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, CollegeRead the whole statement

2019Lilienfeld PrizeAward2009Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1957Born8 February 1957

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s and massive s in the mass range 2-20 have been proposed as candidates to provide the in the halo of our galaxy.
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What is the Universe made of?" The question is one of the deepest unanswered mysteries in all of human existence.
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... in the seventies the work of and Rubin ... looked at galaxies and found evidence for dark matter in every single one.
(quote at 5:23 in video of interview of Katherine Freese by Brian Greene), Own words