Raymond E. Frey

Raymond E. Frey 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. Frey. In 1978 he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Irvine, and earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in physics in 1984 at the University of California, Riverside, specializing in Experimental High Energy Physics.

1993 – SSC Fellowship
1995-1996 – Commissioner of SLD at SLAC
1998-2000 – Chair, SLAC Users Organization
2009 – University of Oregon Research Innovation Award
2010-202013 and 2019-2022 – Member, Executive Committee, LIGO Scientific Collaboration
As co-discoverer of gravitational waves: 2016 Milner Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, 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."