Robert H. Grubbs

Nobel prize winning American chemist (1942-2021) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 79

Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.

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2021Died19 December 20212017George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum ChemistryAward2013Honorary Doctor of the RWTH Aachen UniversityAward2011Roger Adams Award in Organic ChemistryAward2009ACS Award for Creative InventionAward2005Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward2004Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Synthetic Organic Chemistry ResearchAwardMore about thisCentenary PrizeAward2003Clarivate Citation LaureatesAwardLinus Pauling AwardAward2002Arthur C. Cope AwardAward2001Prelog Medal and LectureAward2000Benjamin Franklin MedalAward1997Nagoya Gold MedalAward1988American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic ChemistryAward1942Born27 February 1942

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