John Prausnitz
John Prausnitz · Science & Medicine
Chemical engineer known for molecular thermodynamics of fluids
1928, Berlin, Germany
Berkeley, California · Berlin
John Prausnitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemical engineer known for molecular thermodynamics of fluids
John M. Prausnitz is a chemical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, renowned for the molecular thermodynamics of fluid-phase equilibria, whose methods underpin the design of chemical separation processes worldwide. He received the U.S. National Medal of Science in 2003. His father and his mother's stepfather were Jewish doctors, and the family fled Nazi Germany for the United States in 1937.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Chemical engineer known for molecular thermodynamics of fluids
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
Similar Contributors
Carol Hall
Eli Ruckenstein
Ralph Landau
Ronnie Kosloff
Abraham Nitzan
