Robert Curl
Robert Floyd Curl Jr. (August 23, 1933 – July 3, 2022) was an American chemist. He was a professor of Natural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry at Rice University.[1] He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of the nanomaterial buckminsterfullerene.
Robert Curl | |
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 Curl in 2009 | |
| Born | August 23, 1933 Alice, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | July 3, 2022 (aged 88) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Rice Institute, BS; University of California, Berkeley, PhD |
| Known for | The discovery of fullerenes |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996. Cross-cultural ambassador at Sorbonne University UNESCO Club |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Rice University, Harvard University |
| Thesis | Some spectroscopic and thermodynamic properties of molecules (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Pitzer |
| Doctoral students | Lihong V. Wang James L. Kinsey |
Curl died in Houston, Texas on July 3, 2022, at the age of 88.[2]
References
- "Robert F. Curl". Department of Chemistry, Rice University. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- Jade Boyd (July 4, 2022). "Nobel laureate, beloved Rice professor Robert Curl dead at 88". Rice University. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
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