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Peter Rossky

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Peter Rossky · Science & Medicine

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Theoretical chemist known for solvation and water dynamics

When

1955

Where

United States

Biography

Peter Rossky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theoretical chemist known for solvation and water dynamics

How & why

Rossky is an American theoretical chemist, elected to the National Academy of Sciences, known for advancing the theory of solvation and water dynamics, including the extended RISM equation for polar liquids and studies of hydrophobicity. He was a longtime professor at the University of Texas at Austin and later dean at Rice University. Publicly available sources do not document his religious background. He is listed among Jewish chemists documented by Jinfo.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Theoretical chemist known for solvation and water dynamics

1955

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry