Raymond E. Frey

Raymond E. Frey (/fraɪ/; b. 1956) is an American physicist on the faculty of the University of Oregon. His research interests include gravitational wave detection and astrophysics.

Early life and education Born in 1956, Ray Frey is the son of USAF Lt. Col. Raymond E. Frey and Ellen L. (née Hagerstrand) Frey. In 1978 he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Irvine, and earned an M.S. (1981) and a Ph.D. in physics in 1984 at the University of California, Riverside, specializing in Experimental High Energy Physics. Awards and honors

1993 – SSC Fellowship 1998-2000 – Chair, SLAC Users Organization 2016 Gruber Prize in Cosmology, 2017 Bruno Rossi Prize, 2017 Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award 2017-2018 – University of Oregon Fund for Faculty Excellence Award 2019 – University of Oregon award, Gravitational Wave Astrophysics with LIGO 2022 – Fellow of the American Institute of Physics, cited, "For leadership in several areas leading to gravitational wave detection, including the effects of environmental influences on the LIGO detectors and the searches for gravitational waves associated with astrophysical events, most notably gamma-ray bursts."