Arpad Furka

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Arpad Furka
Arpad Furka in 2023
Born	Furka Árpád (1931-12-03) December 3, 1931 (age 92) Crișcior, Romania
Education	University of Szeged
Occupation	University Professor
Years active	1955-2001
Known for	Inventor of combinatorial chemistry
Spouse	Szaniszló Erzsébet
Parents	Furka János (father) Petre Anna (mother)
Awards	2002 Széchenyi Prize
Website	szerves.chem.elte.hu/furka/

Árpád Furka (Crișcior, Romania, December 3, 1931) is a Hungarian organic chemist. He is known as the inventor of combinatorial technology^[1][2] a process that has two components: synthesis in a single process large numbers (even billions) of organic compounds as mixtures and identification also in a single process the bioactive components of the mixture for using them as drug candidates.