Spanish chemist and politician passed away
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (1951 – 2019)
Koji Nakanishi (1925 – 2019)
Legendary chemist in bioorganic chemistry and natural products passed away
Manfred Eigen (1927 – 2019)
1967 Nobel Chemistry Laureate passed away
Carlo Lamberti (1964 – 2019)
Expert in the characterization of materials using synchrotron radiation and enthusiastic teacher passed away
Teruaki Mukaiyama (1927 – 2018)
Eminent organic chemist, known for the Mukaiyama aldol addition, passed away
Osamu Shimomura (1928–2018)
Nobel Laureate, famous for his work on the green fluorescent protein, passed away
Wilhelm Keim (1934 – 2018)
Technical chemist and co-developer of the Shell higher olefin process (SHOP) passed away
Jan Thesing (1929 – 2018)
Former president of the GDCh (German Chemical Society) and Vice Chairman of the Board of Merck passed away
Christoph Rüchardt (1929 – 2018)
Organic chemist and Emeritus at the University of Freiburg, Germany, passed away
Gerd Kaibel (1944 – 2017)
German process engineer passed away in December