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Robert B. Woodward

Robert B. Woodward was an American organic chemist whose work helped establish how complex natural products could be con...

Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.72 Brilliant

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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Through X-ray crystallography, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin revealed the three-dimensional structures of biologically import...

Structural Crystallography Biochemistry Nobel

9.62 Brilliant

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K. Barry Sharpless

K. Barry Sharpless is an organic chemist associated with two distinct contributions: asymmetric catalytic oxidation and...

Organic Asymmetric Nobel Click Chemistry

9.55 Brilliant

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Jennifer A. Doudna

Jennifer A. Doudna is an American biochemist whose research on RNA and bacterial defense systems helped establish CRISPR...

Biochemistry Crispr Berkeley Nobel

9.48 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

9.38 Excellent

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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

9.35 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

9.28 Excellent

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Irving Langmuir

Irving Langmuir (1881-1957) was a pioneering American physical chemist. His research fundamentally shaped our understand...

1930S Nobel Surface Chemistry Monolayers

9.22 Excellent

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Carolyn R. Bertozzi

Carolyn R. Bertozzi is a chemist renowned for pioneering bioorthogonal chemistry. Her work develops reactions that selec...

Stanford Nobel Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry

9.18 Excellent

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Victor Grignard

Victor Grignard was a French chemist whose work fundamentally changed organic chemistry. He developed Grignard reagents,...

Synthesis Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

9.12 Excellent

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Robert H. Grubbs

Robert H. Grubbs was a pioneering American chemist renowned for his groundbreaking work in organometallic catalysis spec...

Catalysis Nobel Caltech Organometallic

9.10 Excellent

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Ada E. Yonath

Ada E. Yonath is a chemist renowned for her groundbreaking work in structural biology. Her research focused on determini...

Crystallography Structural Biology Nobel Ribosome

9.05 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

9.05 Excellent

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Akira Suzuki

Akira Suzuki (1930–2023) was a prominent Japanese chemist recognized globally for his pioneering work in palladium-catal...

Organic Japanese Nobel Cross Coupling

9.05 Excellent

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Paul J. Crutzen

Paul J. Crutzen (1933-2022) was a prominent Dutch chemist whose research fundamentally shaped our understanding of atmos...

Atmospheric Environment Netherlands Ozone

9.05 Excellent

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Susumu Kitagawa

Susumu Kitagawa is a prominent Japanese chemist specializing in materials science. He achieved international recognition...

Kyoto Materials Nobel Mof

9.02 Excellent

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Karl Ziegler

Karl Ziegler (1894-1973) was a German chemist whose research fundamentally changed polymer science. He developed innovat...

Germany 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

9.02 Excellent

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Moungi G. Bawendi

Moungi G. Bawendi is a chemist recognized for his pioneering work in nanochemistry. His development of colloidal quantum...

Mit Materials Nobel Nanochemistry

8.78 Great

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Louis E. Brus

Louis E. Brus is a chemist specializing in materials science. He gained recognition for his groundbreaking research on c...

Materials Columbia Nobel Nanochemistry

8.65 Great

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Aleksey Yekimov

Aleksey Yekimov is a chemist specializing in nanochemistry and materials science. He gained recognition for pioneering w...

Glass Materials Nobel Nanochemistry

8.32 Great