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Robert B. Woodward

Robert B. Woodward was a prominent 20th-century chemist specializing in organic synthesis. His meticulous approach to el...

Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.7 Brilliant

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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a British chemist renowned for her groundbreaking work utilizing X-ray crystallography to r...

Structural Crystallography Biochemistry Nobel

9.6 Brilliant

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K. Barry Sharpless

K. Barry Sharpless is a renowned organic chemist recognized for his pioneering development of “click chemistry.” His res...

Organic Asymmetric Nobel Click Chemistry

9.6 Brilliant

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Jennifer A. Doudna

Jennifer A. Doudna is a chemist specializing in biochemistry and genome editing. Her research led to the development of...

Biochemistry Crispr Berkeley Nobel

9.5 Brilliant

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Frances H. Arnold

Frances H. Arnold is a chemist recognized globally for her groundbreaking work in directed evolution. She developed tech...

Evolution Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

9.4 Excellent

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John B. Goodenough

John B. Goodenough is a chemist renowned for his groundbreaking work on lithium-ion battery technology. His research, pr...

Lithium Ion Solid State Batteries Materials

9.4 Excellent

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff was a Dutch chemist influential in physical chemistry during the early 20th century. His wo...

Thermodynamics Physical Chemistry Nobel Stereochemistry

9.4 Excellent

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Linus Pauling

Linus Pauling's impact on chemistry and molecular biology is unparalleled. His work on chemical bonding revolutionized o...

Organic Activist Nobel Prize Activism

9.3 Excellent

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Omar M. Yaghi

Omar M. Yaghi is a prominent chemist specializing in materials science. His research focuses on metal-organic frameworks...

Materials Berkeley Nobel Mof

9.3 Excellent

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George A. Olah

George A. Olah (1927-2017) was a prominent chemist specializing in organic chemistry. His research significantly advance...

Organic Usc Nobel Carbocations

9.1 Excellent

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Bernard L. Feringa

Bernard L. Feringa is a Dutch chemist recognized globally for his pioneering research in organic chemistry, specifically...

Organic Dutch Nobel Molecular Machines

9.0 Excellent

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Benjamin List

Benjamin List is a prominent German chemist specializing in organic chemistry and particularly asymmetric catalysis. His...

Organic Asymmetric Nobel Organocatalysis

8.9 Great

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David W.C. MacMillan

David W.C. MacMillan is a chemist specializing in asymmetric organocatalysis. His work focuses on using small organic mo...

Organic Asymmetric Nobel Organocatalysis

8.9 Great

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Richard F. Heck

Richard F. Heck was an American chemist recognized globally for his pioneering work in organic chemistry. His developmen...

Organic American Nobel Cross Coupling

8.9 Great

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Georg Wittig

Georg Wittig was a 20th-century chemist renowned for his development of the Wittig reaction. This chemical process allow...

Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.8 Great

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Osamu Shimomura

Osamu Shimomura was a pioneering Japanese-American biochemist renowned for his work with jellyfish. He developed the gro...

Japanese Biochemistry Nobel Gfp

8.7 Great

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Ei-ichi Negishi

Ei-ichi Negishi is a renowned chemist specializing in organic chemistry, particularly known for his pioneering work on p...

Organic Japanese Nobel Cross Coupling

8.7 Great

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Herbert C. Brown

Herbert C. Brown (1912-1997) was a prominent American chemist recognized for his groundbreaking work in organic synthesi...

Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.6 Great

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John W. Cornforth

John W. Cornforth (1929-2015) was a prominent British chemist specializing in organic stereochemistry and biosynthesis....

Organic 20TH Century Nobel Stereochemistry

8.4 Great

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Fritz Pregl

Fritz Pregl (1869–1930) was an Austrian chemist and physician whose work revolutionized analytical chemistry. He develop...

Organic Nobel Early 1900S Analytical Chemistry

7.8 Good