About Katherine Freese
Katherine Freese is a theoretical astrophysicist. She is currently a professor of physics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the Jeff and Gail Kodosky Endowed Chair in Physics. She is known for her work in theoretical cosmology at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics. Freese received her BA from Princeton University, one of the first women to major in physics at Princeton. In September 2012, Freese was awarded an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) from the Stockholm University. Her brother, Andrew Freese, deceased, was Chief of Neurosurgery at Brandywine Hospital, and performed the first surgery for gene therapy on humans.
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