Martin Karplus

Martin Karplus
Nobel Prize Laureate Martin Karplus during press conference in Stockholm, December 2013
Born(1930-03-15)March 15, 1930
Vienna, Austria
DiedDecember 28, 2024(2024-12-28) (aged 94)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
CitizenshipAmerican, Austrian
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisA quantum-mechanical discussion of the bifluoride ion (1954)
Doctoral advisorLinus Pauling
Websitechemistry.harvard.edu/people/martin-karplus

Martin Karplus (March 15, 1930 – December 28, 2024) was an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist. He was the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, emeritus at Harvard University. He was also Director of the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory. He is of Jewish descent.

Karplus received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".

Karplus died on December 28, 2024 in Cambridge, Massachusetts from problems caused by a fall at the age of 94.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013" (Press release). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. October 9, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ Chang, Kenneth (October 9, 2013). "3 Researchers Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry". New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ Fersht, A. R. (2013). "Profile of Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel, 2013 nobel laureates in chemistry". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (49): 19656–7. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11019656F. doi:10.1073/pnas.1320569110. PMC 3856823. PMID 24277833.
  4. ↑ Hodak, Hélène (2014). "The Nobel Prize in chemistry 2013 for the development of multiscale models of complex chemical systems: A tribute to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel". Journal of Molecular Biology. 426 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2013.10.037. PMID 24184197.
  5. ↑ Van Noorden, R. (2013). "Computer modellers secure chemistry Nobels". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2013.13903. S2CID 211729791.
  6. ↑ Van Noorden, Richard (2013). "Modellers react to chemistry award: Nobel Prize proves that theorists can measure up to experimenters". Nature. 502 (7471): 280. doi:10.1038/502280a. PMID 24132265. S2CID 195685726.
  7. ↑ "The Multifaceted Life of a Nobel Prize Winning Theoretical Chemist". Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home. Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Martin Karplus". Legacy. January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025.

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