Martin Karplus
Martin Karplus (March 15, 1930 – December 28, 2024) was an Austrian-born American theoretical chemist. He was the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, emeritus at Harvard University. He was also Director of the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory. He is of Jewish descent.
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 Nobel Prize Laureate Martin Karplus during press conference in Stockholm, December 2013 | |
| Born | March 15, 1930 |
| Died | December 28, 2024 (aged 94) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American, Austrian[1] |
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| Thesis | A quantum-mechanical discussion of the bifluoride ion (1954) |
| Website | chemistry |
Karplus received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Karplus died on December 28, 2024 in Cambridge, Massachusetts from problems caused by a fall at the age of 94.[7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (October 9, 2013). "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013". Press release. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2013/press.html. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (October 9, 2013). "3 Researchers Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/science/three-researchers-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry.html. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ↑ Fersht, A. R. (2013). "Profile of Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel, 2013 nobel laureates in chemistry". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (49): 19656–7. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11019656F. doi:10.1073/pnas.1320569110. PMC 3856823. PMID 24277833.
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- ↑ "The Multifaceted Life of a Nobel Prize Winning Theoretical Chemist". Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home. Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ↑ Martin Karplus. Legacy. January 3, 2025. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/martin-karplus-obituary?id=57162393#obituary. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
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- Martin Karplus academic genealogy and list of PhD & Postdoc trainees[dead link]
- Publications
- Karplus research group at Harvard University
- Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory at University of Strasbourg Archived 2014-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Biography at Michigan State University website Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Martin Karplus photography website
- Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy