Rudolph A. Marcus | |
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Born | Rudolph Arthur Marcus July 21, 1923 |
Nationality | |
Alma mater | McGill University (BSc, PhD) |
Known for | Marcus theory RRKM theory |
Spouse |
Laura Hearne
(m. 1949; died 2003) |
Children | 3[2] |
Awards |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | |
Thesis | Studies on the conversion of PHX to AcAn (1946) |
Doctoral advisor | Carl A. Winkler |
Doctoral students | Gregory A. Voth |
Other notable students | Postdocs: |
Website | "Caltech Division of Chemistry: Rudolph A. Marcus". Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. |
Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-born American chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[3] "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems".[4] Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer.[5][6][7] He is a professor at Caltech, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.
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