- Rudolph A. Marcus
Infobox Scientist
name = Rudolph A. Marcus
image_size = 180px
caption =Rudolph A. Marcus in 2005
birth_date = July 21, 1923
birth_place =Montreal ,Quebec
citizenship =United States
nationality =Canada
field =Chemistry
work_institutions =Caltech
alma_mater =McGill University
known_for =electron transfer
prizes =Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1992)Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is an American chemist who received the 1992
Nobel Prize in Chemistry [ [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1992/index.html Rudolph A. Marcus: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992] ] for his theory ofelectron transfer .Marcus theory , named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electronouter-sphere electron transfer .He was born in
Montreal, Quebec . He earned a B.Sc. in 1943 and a Ph.D. in 1946, both fromMcGill University . In 1958, he became anaturalized citizen of theUnited States . He is an active professor at Caltech. He is a member of theInternational Academy of Quantum Molecular Science .References
* [http://www.iaqms.org/members/IAQMS.member.Marcus.html His International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page]
External links
* [http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/marcus/index.html Rudolph A. Marcus: Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry] at
Caltech
* [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1992/marcus-autobio.html Rudolph A. Marcus: autobiography]
* [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1992/marcus-lecture.html Rudolph A. Marcus: Nobel Lecture 1992, Electron Transfer Reactions in Chemistry: Theory and Experiment]
* [http://www.vega.org.uk/video/programme/39 Freeview video 'An Interview with Rudolph Marcus' by the Vega Science Trust]
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