Eminent organic chemist, formerly at Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, passed away
Tributes and remembrances honoring the lives and contributions of esteemed scientists.
Klaus Hafner (1927 – 2021)
Victor Snieckus (1937 – 2020)
Organic chemist, known for the directed ortho metalation reaction (DoM) among other things, passed away
Paul Kamer (1960 – 2020)
Catalysis researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany, passed away
Sir John Meurig Thomas (1932 – 2020)
British chemist known for his work on catalysis, solid-state chemistry, materials science, and history of science passed away
Rudolf Zahradník (1928 – 2020)
Czech theoretical chemist and first President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic passed away
Mario Molina (1943 – 2020)
Nobel Laureate known for his work on ozone depletion passed away
Klaus Unger (1936 – 2020)
Porous materials and HPLC researcher passed away
François Diederich (1952 – 2020)
Prominent organic chemist, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, passed away
Jean-Michel Savéant (1933 – 2020)
Prominent French electrochemist passed away
Edward W. Schlag (1932 – 2020)
Physical chemist known for the development of spectroscopic methods passed away