Roald Hoffmann
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| Born | July 18, 1937 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Stuyvesant High School Columbia University Harvard University |
| Known for | reaction mechanisms |
| Awards | 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
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| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | William N. Lipscomb, Jr. |
Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937) is a Ukrainian-American theoretical chemist of Jewish descent. He won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He currently teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
He was born in Zloczov, Poland (now Ukraine)
Hoffmann survived The Holocaust and moved to the United States in 1949.
References
- ↑ Hoffmann's birth name was Roald Safran. Hoffmann is the surname adopted by his stepfather in the years after World War II
- ↑ "Famous Scientists". HowStuffWorks. July 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Roald Hoffmann – Facts". Nobelprize.org.
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