Roald Hoffmann
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| Roald Hoffmann | |
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 Roald Hoffmann
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| Born | July 18, 1937 Złoczów, Poland (now Ukraine) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Alma mater | Stuyvesant High School Columbia University Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | William N. Lipscomb, Jr. |
| Known for | reaction mechanisms |
| Notable awards | 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Roald Hoffmann (born July 18, 1937)[1] is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He currently teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
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- ↑ Hoffmann's birth name was Roald Safran. Hoffmann is the surname adopted by his stepfather in the years after World War II
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