Roald Hoffmann - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1981
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Roald Hoffmann

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1981
for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions
Together with: Kenichi Fukui
Citizenship
Second Polish Republic Second Polish Republic United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
7/18/1937
place of birth
Zolochiv
Age
89 years
educated at
  • Columbia University
    • academic major: chemistry
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
    • end time: 1958
  • Stuyvesant High School
    • academic degree: high school diploma
    • end time: 1955
  • Harvard University
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: chemical physics
    • end time: 1962
occupation
  • playwright
  • chemist
  • university teacher
  • writer
  • poet
member of
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Physical Society
  • American Philosophical Society
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Society of London
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • Indian National Science Academy
  • International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
  • North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts
doctoral student
  • Jing Li
  • Michael John Bucknum
  • Timothy Ray Hughbanks
  • Ji Feng
  • Qiang Liu
  • Chong Zheng
  • Ralph A. Wheeler
  • Garegin A Papoian
field of work
  • chemistry
employer
  • Cornell University
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