Quirin Vrehen
Physicist
About Quirin Vrehen
Lived 1932 – 2023 (aged 90–91).
Quirinus Henricus Franciscus "Quirin" Vrehen (25 February 1932 – 5 February 2023) was a Dutch physicist. He served as head physicist of the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium.
Life Vrehen was born on 25 February 1932 in 's-Hertogenbosch. He obtained a PhD in physics from Utrecht University in 1963 under professor Volger with a thesis on electron spin resonance and optical studies of solids. From 1963 to 1966 he worked in the United States at the MIT National Magnetic Laboratory. At the institute he worked on magneto-optical experiments on semiconductors. Vrehen then returned to the Netherlands and started working at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium.
Vrehen was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988.
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