Herbert A. Hauptman | |
|---|---|
 Hauptman in 2009 | |
| Born | Herbert Aaron Hauptman February 14, 1917 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 23, 2011 (aged 94) Buffalo, New York, U.S.[1] |
| Alma mater | City College of New York (BS) Columbia University (MA) University of Maryland, College Park (PhD) |
| Spouse |
Edith Citrynell (m. 1940) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985) (jointly with Jerome Karle) UNSW Dirac Medal (1991) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute University at Buffalo |
Herbert Aaron Hauptman (February 14, 1917 – October 23, 2011)[2] was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate.[3] He pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry and opened a new era in research in determination of molecular structures of crystallized materials. Today, Hauptman's direct methods, which he continued to improve and refine, are routinely used to solve complicated structures. It was the application of this mathematical method to a wide variety of chemical structures that led the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to name Hauptman and Jerome Karle recipients of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- ^ Grimes, William (October 24, 2011). "Herbert A. Hauptman, Nobel Laureate, Dies at 94". The New York Times.
- ^ Giacovazzo, Carmelo (2011). "Herbert Hauptman (1917–2011)". Nature. 479 (7373): 300. Bibcode:2011Natur.479..300G. doi:10.1038/479300a. PMID 22094683.
- ^ Dr. Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Prize winner, is dead at 94