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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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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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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

9.2 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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Victor Grignard

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

Synthesis Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

9.1 Excellent

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Petrus Debye

Petrus Debye was a prominent Dutch chemist whose work fundamentally shaped physical chemistry in the early 20th century....

1930S Physical Chemistry Nobel X Ray

9.0 Excellent

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Gerhard Ertl

Gerhard Ertl was a distinguished German physical chemist renowned for pioneering research into surface chemistry and cat...

German Physical Chemistry Catalysis Nobel

8.8 Great

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Leopold Ružička

Leopold Ružička (1908-1997) was a prominent chemist recognized for groundbreaking research in organic chemistry during t...

1930S Organic Chemistry Nobel Terpenes

8.4 Great

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Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer was a prominent 20th-century chemist specializing in organic chemistry during the 1930s. He gained recognit...

1930S Organic Chemistry Nobel Hemin

8.3 Great

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Walter Haworth

Walter Norman Haworth (1892-1940) was a British chemist whose research significantly advanced our understanding of carbo...

Vitamin C 1930S Organic Chemistry Nobel

8.3 Great

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Adolf Butenandt

Adolf Butenandt was a distinguished German chemist renowned for his pioneering research in steroid biochemistry during t...

Biochemistry 1930S Nobel Steroids

8.3 Great

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Friedrich Bergius

Friedrich Bergius (1884-1970) was a German chemist renowned for pioneering the Bergius process. This innovative techniqu...

High Pressure 1930S Coal Nobel

8.2 Great

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Paul Karrer

Paul Karrer was a prominent 20th-century chemist renowned for his research on carotenoids and flavonoids. His investigat...

1930S Organic Chemistry Vitamins Nobel

8.1 Great

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Richard Kuhn

Richard Kuhn (1900-1967) was an Austrian-German biochemist whose research focused on organic compounds important to livi...

1930S Organic Chemistry Vitamins Nobel

7.9 Good