Background
Stephan Friedrich studied physics at the University of Tübingen and the University of Colorado and received his PhD in applied physics from Yale University. He has previously won two R&D 100 awards: one for creating a product to meld mass and gamma-ray spectroscopy, and another for the superconducting tunnel junction x-ray spectrometer. Friedrich currently serves as the deputy group leader for the Rare Event Detection group in the Nuclear & Chemical Sciences Division.
Friedrich’s research interests include the development of high-resolution superconducting x-ray and gamma-ray spectrometers and their application in material science, nuclear physics, astronomy, and national security.
Honors and Awards
- 2006 R&D100 Award for Superconducting Gamma and Fast-neutron Detectors
- 2014 R&D100 Award for Superconducting Tunnel Junction X-ray Spectrometer
Selected (Recent) Publications
"Development of MMC Gamma Detectors for Nuclear Analysis", C. R. Bates, C. Pies, S. Kempf, L. Gastaldo, A. Fleischmann, C. Enss, S. Friedrich,
"112-Pixel Arrays of High-Efficiency STJ X-Ray Detectors", S. Friedrich, J. Harris, W.K. Warburton, M. H. Carpenter, J.A. Hall, R. Cantor,
"Praseodymium valence determination in Lu2SiO5, Y2SiO5, and Lu3Al5O12 scintillators by x-ray absorption spectroscopy", M. Zhuravleva, S. Friedrich, C. L. Melcher,
"Nuclear Diagnostics with Cryogenic Detectors", S. Friedrich,
