Miriam Freedman Image: Nate Follmer, Penn State Miriam Freedman receives Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry Maria Landschoot February 09, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Miriam Freedman, associate professor of chemistry, has been honored with an American Chemical Society (ACS) Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry. The award recognizes her work that characterized how the size of droplets changes phase transitions (i.e. from solid to liquid) in particles in the atmosphere and the role of surface properties for the nucleation of ice crystals. The ACS Physical Chemistry Division annually sponsors senior and early-career awards in theoretical and experimental physical chemistry that are intended to recognize the most outstanding scientific achievements of members of the division. The Early Career Award is presented to two recipients each year. It recognizes outstanding contributions in experimental and theoretical physical chemistry by young investigators. Each recipient receives a plaque and is invited to present a lecture at the divisional award symposium held at the fall ACS meeting that immediately follows the announcement of the award.