Yves Chauvin

Yves Chauvin
Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2005 on stage
Born	(1930-10-10)10 October 1930 Menen, Belgium
Died	27 January 2015(2015-01-27) (aged 84) Tours, France
Nationality	French
Education	École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon
Known for	Deciphering the process of olefin metathesis
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005)
Scientific career
Institutions	French Institute of Petroleum

Yves Chauvin (French: [iv ʃovɛ̃]; 10 October 1930 – 27 January 2015) was a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate. He was honorary research director at the Institut français du pétrole and a member of the French Academy of Science. He was known for his work for deciphering the process of olefin metathesis for which he was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}