# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martyn-poliakoff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:35:01.650Z

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name: "Martyn Poliakoff"
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description: "Sir Martyn Poliakoff is a British chemist known for his work on green chemistry and for being the main presenter on the popular YouTube channel Periodic Videos. The core subjects of his academic work are supercritical fluids, infrared spectroscopy and lasers. He is a research professor in chemistry at the University of Nottingham. As well as carrying out research at the University of Nottingham, he is a lecturer, teaching a number of modules including green chemistry."
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birthDate: "1947-12-16"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump