Hirschfelder Prize (theoretical chemistry)
Jewish recipients of the Hirschfelder Prize (theoretical chemistry) documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 48% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
16 documented recipients
Benjamin Widom1927
Physical chemist known for phase transitions and critical phenomena
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Rudolph Marcus1923
Theoretical chemist whose Marcus theory explains the rates of electron transfer reactions, from corrosion to photosynthesis, and co-author of the RRKM theory of reaction rates; Nobel Prize in…
Source: Wikipedia — Rudolph Marcus / NobelPrize.org Chemistry 1992
Martin Karplus2013
Theoretical chemist who pioneered computer simulations of molecules, from the Karplus equation to the first molecular dynamics of a protein; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Source: Wikipedia — Martin Karplus
Michael Fisher1931
Chemical physicist known for statistical mechanics of critical phenomena
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
David Chandler1944
Theoretical chemist known for statistical mechanics of liquids
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Roald Hoffmann1981
Theoretical chemist and child survivor of the Holocaust who with Robert Woodward set out the orbital symmetry rules for the course of chemical reactions; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981, shared with…
Source: Wikipedia — Roald Hoffmann / NobelPrize.org Chemistry 1981
Bruce Berne1940
Theoretical chemist known for molecular dynamics and statistical mechanics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Stuart Rice1932
Physical chemist known for the statistical mechanics of liquids
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Robert Silbey1940
Theoretical chemist known for condensed-phase spectroscopy and energy transfer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Mark Ratner1942
Theoretical chemist and a father of molecular electronics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Daan Frenkel1948
Computational chemist known for molecular simulation of soft matter
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Emily Carter1960
Theoretical chemist known for quantum chemistry and materials modeling
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Abraham Nitzan1944
Theoretical chemist known for molecular electronics and charge transfer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Peter Rossky1955
Theoretical chemist known for solvation and water dynamics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Shaul Mukamel1948
Theoretical chemist known for nonlinear and multidimensional spectroscopy
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer1966
Theoretical chemist known for proton-coupled electron transfer theory
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry