Rudolph A. Marcus

Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-American chemist. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[1] for his theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems.[2] The Marcus theory is named after him.

Rudolph A. Marcus
Prof. Dr. Rudolph A. Marcus.jpg
Rudolph A. Marcus in 2005
Born
Rudolph Arthur Marcus

(1923-07-21) July 21, 1923 (age 100)
NationalityAmerican, Canadian
CitizenshipUnited States, Canada
Alma materMcGill University
Known forElectron transfer
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsPolytechnic Institute of New York University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Caltech

Marcus was born in Montreal, Quebec.

References

  1. Rudolph A. Marcus: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992
  2. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

Other websites

  Media related to Rudolph A. Marcus at Wikimedia Commons