Robert H. Grubbs(1942–2021)
ChemistryRobert 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.
United States
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Education
Stanford University
Columbia University
University of Florida
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Paducah Tilghman High School
Doctoral Advisors
Timothy M. SwagerOren Scherman
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Top Publications
Recent advances in ruthenium-based olefin metathesis
Chemical Society Reviews2018688 citations
<i>50th Anniversary Perspective</i>: Living Polymerization—Emphasizing the <i>Molecule</i> in <i>Macromolecules</i>
Macromolecules2017368 citations
Room-temperature cycling of metal fluoride electrodes: Liquid electrolytes for high-energy fluoride ion cells
Science2018226 citations
Potassium <i>tert</i>-Butoxide-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative C–H Silylation of Heteroaromatics: A Combined Experimental and Computational Mechanistic Study
Journal of the American Chemical Society2017190 citations
Selective CO<sub>2</sub> Electrochemical Reduction Enabled by a Tricomponent Copolymer Modifier on a Copper Surface
Journal of the American Chemical Society2021172 citations
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Other winners of the same award(s)
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Priestley Medal (2023)
K. Barry Sharpless
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2022)
David MacMillan
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2021)
Ei-ichi Negishi
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010)
Akira Suzuki
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010)
Omar Yaghi
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
Benjamin List
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2021)
John B. Goodenough
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2019)
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