Nobel prize winning American chemist (1942-2021)
Robert H. Grubbs was an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on a chemical reaction called metathesis, which allows chemists to rearrange molecules more efficiently. His discoveries have had practical applications in producing pharmaceuticals, plastics, and other important materials.
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Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.
Grubbs was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for developments in catalysts that have enabled commercial products.
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