When was Robert H. Grubbs born?

Robert H. Grubbs was born on 27 February 1942 in Possum Trot.

Where did Robert H. Grubbs study?

Robert H. Grubbs was educated at Columbia University, University of Florida, Paducah Tilghman High School, Stanford University.

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Robert H. Grubbs

Nobel prize winning American chemist (1942-2021)

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Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.

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Born: 27 February 1942 wd
Place of birth: Possum Trot wd
Died: 19 December 2021 wd
Place of death: Duarte wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: chemist, autobiographer, university teacher wd
Education: Columbia University, University of Florida, Paducah Tilghman High School, Stanford University, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science wd
Spouse: Helen O'Kane-Grubbs wd

Awards wd

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (2000)
Arthur C. Cope Award (2002)
Humboldt Research Fellowship
American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry (1988)
August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal (2005)
Prelog Medal and Lecture (2001)
Centenary Prize (2004)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Synthetic Organic Chemistry Research (2004)
Humboldt Prize (2005)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
honorary doctor of the RWTH Aachen University (2013)
Linus Pauling Award (2003)
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2017)

About

Grubbs was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for developments in catalysts that have enabled commercial products.

He was a co-founder of Materia, a university spin-off startup to produce catalysts.

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When was Robert H. Grubbs born?: Robert H. Grubbs was born on 27 February 1942 in Possum Trot.
Where did Robert H. Grubbs study?: Robert H. Grubbs was educated at Columbia University, University of Florida, Paducah Tilghman High School, Stanford University.

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