Martin Freer

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Martin Freer’s main research area is the study of the structure of light nuclei using nuclear reactions. This research is performed at international facilities worldwide. In addition, he is actively engaged in promoting research and educational programmes to support the UK's investment in nuclear power generation. In 2010 he helped to establish the Birmingham Centre for Nuclear Education and Research.

Professor Freer's research spans the themes of:

Nuclear structure and nuclear reactions
Neutrinoless double beta decay

He is involved in PhD supervision in the area of nuclear structure.

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Research and development on vanadium alloys for fusion breeder blanket application
Butt, L., Dickinson-Lomas, A., Freer, M., Lim, J. & Chiu, Y. L., Jan 2025, In: Fusion Engineering and Design. 210, 12 p., 114739.
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Unbound neutron ν0d_3/2 strength in ¹⁷C and the N=16 shell gap
Lois-Fuentes, J., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Delaunay, F., Pereira-López, X., Orr, N. A., Płoszajczak, M., Michel, N., Otsuka, T., Suzuki, T., Catford, W. N., Sorlin, O., Achouri, N. L., Assié, M., Bailey, S., Bastin, B., Blumenfeld, Y., Borcea, R., Caamaño, M., Caceres, L. & Clément, E. & 30 others, Corsi, A., Curtis, N., Deshayes, Q., Farget, F., Fisichella, M., De france, G., Franchoo, S., Freer, M., Gibelin, J., Gillibert, A., Grinyer, G. F., Hammache, F., Kamalou, O., Knapton, A., Kokalova, T., Lapoux, V., Lay, J. A., Le crom, B., Leblond, S., Marqués, F. M., Matta, A., Morfouace, P., Moro, A., Pancin, J., Perrot, L., Piot, J., Pollacco, E., Smith, R., Walshe, J. & Wheldon, C., 23 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physics Letters B. 139600.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Symmetries in Collisions as Explored through the Harmonic Oscillator
Freer, M. & Davies, M., 14 Feb 2024, In: Symmetry. 16, 2, 14 p., 231.
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Triaxial deformation, shell structure, shell corrections and the connection to alpha-clustering in nuclei
Clark, G., Taylor, H. & Freer, M., 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 51, 12, 125101.
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Cross-shell states in ¹⁵C: A test for p-sd interactions
Lois-Fuentes, J., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Pereira-López, X., Delaunay, F., Catford, W. N., Matta, A., Orr, N. A., Duguet, T., Otsuka, T., Somà, V., Sorlin, O., Suzuki, T., Achouri, N. L., Assié, M., Bailey, S., Bastin, B., Blumenfeld, Y., Borcea, R., Caamaño, M. & Caceres, L. & 42 others, Clément, E., Corsi, A., Curtis, N., Deshayes, Q., Farget, F., Fisichella, M., De france, G., Franchoo, S., Freer, M., Gibelin, J., Gillibert, A., Grinyer, G. F., Hammache, F., Kamalou, O., Knapton, A., Kokalova, T., Lapoux, V., Le Crom, B., Leblond, S., Marqués, F. M., Morfouace, P., Pancin, J., Perrot, L., Piot, J., Pollacco, E., Ramos, D., Regueira-Castro, D., Rodríguez-Tajes, C., Roger, T., Rotaru, F., Sénoville, M., De Séréville, N., Smith, R., Stanoiu, M., Stefan, I., Stodel, C., Suzuki, D., Thomas, J. C., Timofeyuk, N., Vandebrouck, M., Walshe, J. & Wheldon, C., 10 Oct 2023, In: Physics Letters B. 845, p. 138149 7 p., 138149.
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INHABIT (Indoor HABItability during the Transition to Net Zero Housing)
Bloss, W. (Co-Investigator), Zhong, J. (Co-Investigator), Shi, Z. (Principal Investigator), Elliott, R. (Co-Investigator), Prestwood, E. (Co-Investigator), Pfrang, C. (Co-Investigator), Dai, Y. (Co-Investigator), Bartington, S. (Co-Investigator), Jowett, S. (Co-Investigator), Shan, Y. (Co-Investigator), Freer, M. (Co-Investigator) & Liu, B. (Co-Investigator)
Medical Research Council
13/02/25 → 12/02/30
Project: Research
EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation & Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing & Materials (RESCu-M2)
Attallah, M. (Co-Investigator), Wang, Y. W. (Co-Investigator), Kendrick, E. (Co-Investigator), Nefti-Meziani, S. (Principal Investigator), Dove, A. (Co-Investigator), Walton, A. (Co-Investigator), Leonardis, A. (Co-Investigator), Pham, D. (Co-Investigator), Davis, S. (Co-Investigator), Freer, M. (Co-Investigator) & Lohse, N. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council
1/10/24 → 30/09/31
Project: Research Councils
EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation & Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing & Materials (RESCu-M2)
Walton, A. (Co-Investigator), Sridharan, M. (Co-Investigator), Roberts, C. (Co-Investigator), Freer, M. (Co-Investigator), Attallah, M. (Co-Investigator), Dove, A. (Co-Investigator), Kendrick, E. (Co-Investigator), Roberts, C. (Co-Investigator), Pham, D. (Co-Investigator), Nefti-Meziani, S. (Principal Investigator), Wang, Y. W. (Co-Investigator) & Davis, S. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council
1/10/24 → 30/09/31
Project: Research Councils
ZEBAI: Innovative methodologies to design Zero-Emission and cost-effective Buildings based on Artificial Intelligence
Mitoulis, S. (Principal Investigator), Faramarzi, A. (Co-Investigator), Freer, M. (Co-Investigator), Fraga, B. (Co-Investigator) & Sharifi, S. (Co-Investigator)
UKRI Horizon Europe Underwriting Innovate UK, European Commission
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
Development of new and novel methods for mechanically testing materials in the neutron beam line for nuclear applications
Freer, M. (Co-Investigator) & Chiu, Y.-L. (Principal Investigator)
Rolls Royce
4/12/23 → 3/12/30
Project: Industry

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Freer, M.
26/11/15
1 Media contribution
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Media work - Birmingham Brief
Freer, M.
19/11/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media

Martin Freer

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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Research and development on vanadium alloys for fusion breeder blanket application

Unbound neutron ν0d_3/2 strength in ¹⁷C and the N=16 shell gap

Symmetries in Collisions as Explored through the Harmonic Oscillator

Triaxial deformation, shell structure, shell corrections and the connection to alpha-clustering in nuclei

Cross-shell states in ¹⁵C: A test for p-sd interactions

INHABIT (Indoor HABItability during the Transition to Net Zero Housing)

EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation & Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing & Materials (RESCu-M2)

EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation & Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing & Materials (RESCu-M2)

ZEBAI: Innovative methodologies to design Zero-Emission and cost-effective Buildings based on Artificial Intelligence

Development of new and novel methods for mechanically testing materials in the neutron beam line for nuclear applications

Media work

Media work - Birmingham Brief

Martin Freer

Personal profile

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Research output

Projects

Press/Media