Linus Pauling Medal (chemistry)
Jewish recipients of the Linus Pauling Medal (chemistry) documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 32% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
19 documented recipients
Herbert Brown1979
Chemist who found how to make sodium borohydride and developed hydroboration, turning boron compounds into important reagents of organic synthesis; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979
Source: Wikipedia — Herbert Brown / NobelPrize.org Chemistry 1979
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
Daniel Koshland1990
Proposed the induced-fit model of enzyme action; National Medal of Science (1990)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
Gilbert Stork1921
Organic chemist renowned for advances in the total synthesis of complex molecules
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Harold Scheraga1921
Physical chemist known for protein folding and structure
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
Richard Zare1939
Physical chemist known for laser chemistry and analytical spectroscopy
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
James Ibers1930
Inorganic chemist known for X-ray crystallography of complexes
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Alexander Rich1924
Biophysicist who discovered Z-DNA and co-discovered polysomes and the structure of transfer RNA.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Allen Bard1933
Electrochemist, developer of scanning electrochemical microscopy
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Gabor Somorjai1935
Physical chemist, pioneer of surface science and heterogeneous catalysis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Tobin Marks1944
Chemist known for organometallic catalysis and electronic materials
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
John I. Brauman2002
Physical-organic chemist of gas-phase reactions; National Medal of Science (2002)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
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
Jacqueline Barton1952
Chemist who discovered electron charge transport along the DNA double helix.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Stephen Lippard1940
Chemist known for bioinorganic chemistry, including the mechanism of the anticancer drug cisplatin
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Chad Mirkin1963
Chemist known for nanotechnology and spherical nucleic acids
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Stephen Buchwald1955
Organic chemist known for the Buchwald–Hartwig amination reaction
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Barry Trost1941
Organic chemist known for atom economy and the Tsuji–Trost reaction
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry