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Martin Freer is a British Nuclear Physicist, professor. He is the CEO of the Faraday Institution [1] . He was previously head of the School of Physics and Astronomy [2] at the University of Birmingham. [2] He won the 2010 Rutherford Medal and Prize for establishing the existence of nuclear configurations analogous to molecules. [3]
BSc (Hons) Maths and Physics, Aston University, 1987. [2]
PhD in Nuclear Physics, University of Birmingham, 1991. [2]
From 2015 until 1 July 2019, Martin Freer was the head of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham. [2]
He is also the director of the Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research, [4] whose purpose is to provide the investment and infrastructure to grow the nuclear expertise and capacity in Birmingham, [5] as well as the Director of the Birmingham Energy Institute [6] which seeks to develop sustainable energy solutions in transport, electricity and heat supply.
He featured in the Universities Birmingham Heroes campaign for "championing UK investment in clean-cold technologies amid concern that global demand for cooling and refrigeration will overtake heating by 2060." [7]
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