Background
Fredin, Leif Göran Reinhold was born on October 23, 1945 in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. Son of Reinhold Oscar Eugene Folke and Anna Elisabeth (Haglund) Fredin. came to the United States, 1976, naturalized, 1985.
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Leif Göran Reinhold Fredin
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Leif Göran Reinhold Fredin, Swedish Chemist. Achievements include development of Cryolink ultrahigh vacuum cryogenic sample collector; invention of Antropix model OPR-310 multiwavelength optical pyrometer/radiometer system, and of laser plume analysis, matrix isolation spectroscopy and mass spectrometer systems; research in laser interactions and spectroscopy on human tissues, on thin-film synthetic diamond applications.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Lund, Sweden, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Lund, Sweden, 1974.
Career
Research assistant, Thermochem. Laboratory, Lund, 1968-1974;
research associate, Chemical Center, Lund, 1974-1980;
exchange postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-1979;
Resident Advisor Welch postdoctoral fellow, Rice U., Houston, 1980-1982;
research associate, Rice U., Houston, 1982-1987;
senior research associate, Houston Advanced Research Center, The Woodlands, Texas, since 1987. President The Spectroscopic Associations Inc., The Woodlands, since 1985.
Senior Research.assoc. Antorpix Corporation, The Woodlands, 1988-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Chemical Society, American Ceramic Society, Materials Research Society, Society Applied Spectroscopy, American Society Metals International, Sigma Xi.
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Married Janet Louise Offenbach, June 6, 1981. Children: Lisa Ann, Michael Evan.
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Travel grantee U. Lund, 1976, Swedish American Foundation, 1977. Recipient International Rectifier -100 award Research and Development magazine, 1986.Travel grantee U. Lund, 1976, Swedish American Foundation, 1977. Recipient International Rectifier -100 award Research and Development magazine, 1986.