Guy Ourisson
Guy Ourisson · Science & Medicine
Chemist known for terpene and biomolecule chemistry
1926, Boulogne-Billancourt, France — 2006, Strasbourg, France
France · United States
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Ourisson, a French chemist whose father was a non-observant Jew from Poland (his mother was Catholic), was a leading authority on terpenes and the natural chemistry of biomolecules. He identified 'molecular fossils' — hopanoids and other sterol precursors preserved in ancient rocks and petroleum — and proposed how membrane-reinforcing molecules evolved from simple terpenes toward cholesterol. A founder and first president of the University of Strasbourg, he also led the French Academy of Sciences.
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Chemist known for terpene and biomolecule chemistry
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