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Past Member

Daniel Freed

IBM Einstein Fellow; additional funding provided by the James D. Wolfensohn Fund

Affiliation

Mathematics
Natural Sciences

Field of study

Geometry and Physics
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Daniel Freed is working on aspects of topological field theory. Some of his current projects are broadly related on the one hand to six-dimensional superconformal field theory and on the other to phases in condensed matter physics. Others are related to invariants of three-dimensional manifolds.

Visits

Member
School of Mathematics
School of Natural Sciences
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Spring
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School of Natural Sciences
School of Mathematics
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Member
School of Mathematics
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Degrees

University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D.
1985
Harvard University
B.A.
1981
Harvard University
M.A.
1981

Honors

2002-3
Guggenheim Fellow
1990-96
NSF Presidential Young Investigator
1988-92
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

Appointments

University of Chicago
1987–1989
Assistant Professor
1985–1989
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
MIT
1985–1987
Moore Instructor