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Rudolph A. Marcus

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Also known as Rudolph Arthur Marcus, Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus, Rudolph Marcus, R. A. Marcus, Rudolph A Marcus

Canadian chemist

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Rudolph A. Marcus (1923–) is a Canadian and American chemist and university teacher. Born in Montreal, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy from McGill University. His academic career included positions at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, California Institute of Technology, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Royal Society of Canada.

Marcus has received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Willard Gibbs Award, the National Medal of Science, and the Wolf Prize in Chemistry. He is a centenarian who resides in Montreal. His published works include *Personal and Scientific Reminiscences* and *Theories of Chemical Reactions Rates*.

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  • Personal and Scientific Reminiscences
  • Theories of Chemical Reactions Rates

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Palm Springs

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1992

    for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems

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Encyclopedic overview

Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-born American chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems". Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer. He is a professor at Caltech, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

Education and early life

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