Austrian-born American theoretical chemist (1930–2024)
Martin Karplus was an Austrian-born American chemist who developed theoretical methods for understanding how molecules behave and change during chemical reactions. His work helped scientists predict and explain chemical processes at the molecular level, which has been important for research in chemistry, biology, and drug development.
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Martin Karplus ( German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈkaʁplʊs]; March 15, 1930 – December 28, 2024) was an Austrian and American theoretical chemist. He was the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. He was also the director of the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, a joint laboratory between the French National Center for Scientific Research and the University of Strasbourg, France. Karplus received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".
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