# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-m-whitesides
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:17:01.180Z

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name: "George M. Whitesides"
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description: "George McClelland Whitesides is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He is best known for his work in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-assembly, soft lithography, microfabrication, microfluidics, and nanotechnology. A prolific author and patent holder who has received many awards, he received the highest Hirsch index rating of all living chemists in 2011."
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birthDate: "1939-08-03"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump