Roald Hoffmann

Nobel laureate organic and inorganic chemist and Holocaust child survivor (born 1937) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roald Hoffmann

Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937)[1] is a Polish-born American theoretical chemist of Jewish descent.[2] He won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He currently teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

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Roald Hoffmann
BornJuly 18, 1937
Złoczów, Poland (now Ukraine)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materStuyvesant High School
Columbia University
Harvard University
Known forreaction mechanisms
Awards1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsCornell University
Doctoral advisorWilliam N. Lipscomb, Jr.
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He was born in Zloczov, Poland (now Ukraine)[3]

Hoffmann survived The Holocaust and moved to the United States in 1949.

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