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Dudley R. Herschbach
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American chemist
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Dudley R. Herschbach is an American chemist, physicist, and mathematician born in San Jose in 1932. He was educated at Harvard University and Stanford University. His professional career includes positions at Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Texas A&M University. He specializes in the field of chemistry and speaks English.
Herschbach received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, and the National Medal of Science. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the American Philosophical Society. His doctoral advisor was Edgar Bright Wilson, and his doctoral students include Anita Goel and Richard Zare.
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Key facts
- Born
- Dudley Robert Herschbach , ( 1932-06-18 ) June 18, 1932 (age 93) , San Jose, California , U.S.
- Education
- Stanford University ( BS , MS ), Harvard University ( MA , PhD )
- Known for
- Molecular dynamics
- Relatives
- Erica Jarrell-Searcy (granddaughter)
- Awards
- ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1965) , Linus Pauling Medal (1978) , RSC Michael Polanyi Medal (1981) , Irving Langmuir Award (1983) , Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986) , National Medal of Science (1991) , American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2011)
- Fields
- Chemistry
- Institutions
- University of California, Berkeley , Harvard University , Freiburg University , Texas A&M University
- Doctoral advisor
- Edgar Bright Wilson
- Doctoral students
- Richard N. Zare , Seong Keun Kim , Timothy Clark Germann
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1986
“for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Jose
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Edgar Bright Wilson
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Dudley Herschbach HD2011 AIC Gold Medal 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dudley R. Herschbach
- date of birth
- 1932-06-18
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Erdős number
- 3
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Dudley Robert Herschbach (born June 18, 1932) is an American chemist at Harvard University. He won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes". Herschbach and Lee specifically worked with molecular beams, performing crossed molecular beam experiments that enabled a detailed molecular-level understanding of many elementary reaction processes. Herschbach is a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Early life and education
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