Nikolay Semyonov

Nikolay Semyonov
Николай Семёнов
Semyonov in 1956
Born
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov

15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1896
Died25 September 1986(1986-09-25) (aged 90)
NationalityRussian
Known forchemical transformation
AwardsNobel Prize in chemistry (1956)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (1969)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, chemistry
Doctoral advisorAbram Ioffe
Doctoral studentsDavid A. Frank-Kamenetskii

Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov ForMemRS, sometimes Semenov, Semionov or Semenoff[1] (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов; 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1896 – 25 September 1986) was a Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.

  1. ^ Dainton, L. (1990). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Semenov. 16 April 1896-25 September 1986". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 36: 526–546. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1990.0042.