Professor Danna Freedman, of the Department of Chemistry, has been named a Finalist for the prestigious 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
Freedman is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and runs the Freedman Laboratory, which is focused on three vital areas of contemporary physics: advancing quantum information science, creating and understanding new magnetic materials, and designing new emergent materials.
The Blavatnik National Awards described the impact of Freedman’s work, stating,
Freedman has elevated molecular qubits to the cutting edge of quantum information science, having achieved record stability and demonstrating optical read-out of a molecular qubit state. Freedman has also pushed new frontiers in material synthesis: she has achieved never-before-seen compounds using extremely high pressures. Freedman is opening up new possibilities to design materials for specific functions by making many more combinations of elements possible.
The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, established by the Blavatnik Family Foundation in the U.S. in 2007 and independently administered by the New York Academy of Sciences, began by identifying outstanding regional scientific talent in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The Blavatnik National Awards were first awarded in 2014 and, in 2017, the Awards were expanded to honor faculty-rank scientists in the United Kingdom and in Israel. By the close of 2021, the Blavatnik Awards will have awarded prizes totaling $11.9 million.
Read more about the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.