Ilya Prigogine
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| Ilya Prigogine | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 January 1917 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | May 28, 2003 (aged 86) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Fields | Chemistry, Physics |
| Institutions | Université Libre de Bruxelles International Solvay Institute University of Texas, Austin |
| Alma mater | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Doctoral advisor | Théophile de Donder |
| Doctoral students | Adi Bulsara Radu Balescu Dilip Kondepudi Zili Zhang |
| Known for | Dissipative structures |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1977) |
Ilya Prigogine[1] (25 January 1917 – 28 May 2003) was a Belgian physical chemist. He won the 1977 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. [2]
Prigogine studied chemistry at the Free University of Brussels. In 1950 he became a professor there. In 1959 he started teaching at the University of Texas at Austin in the United States.
Prigogine was married to Belgian poet Hélène Jofé. After their divorce, he married Polish-born chemist Maria Prokopowicz in 1961.[3]
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References [change]
- ↑ Ilya Romanovich Prigogine (Russian: Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин)
- ↑ NobelPrize.org, "Ilya Prigogine"; retrieved 2012-9-19.
- ↑ Prigogine, Ilya. (2003). Curriculum Vitae of Ilya Prigogine In Is future given. World Scientific.
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