Tributes and remembrances honoring the lives and contributions of esteemed scientists.
Sir Fraser Stoddart (1942 – 2024)
2016 Chemistry Nobel Laureate and pioneer in supramolecular chemistry and molecular machines has passed away
Bruno Scrosati (1937 – 2024)
Italian electrochemist and pioneer in lithium battery technology has passed away
Alexander Pines (1945 – 2024)
American leading researcher in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has passed away
Hans Paulsen (1922 – 2024)
German chemist specialized in carbohydrate chemistry has passed away
Lauro Tatsuo Kubota (1964 – 2024)
Brazilian chemist specialized in electroanalytical chemistry and the development of sensors and biosensors has passed away
Hans Günter Gassen (1938 – 2024)
One of the pioneers of genetic engineering in Germany has passed away
Peter Jutzi (1938 – 2024)
German chemist specialized in organometallic chemistry and the study of main group elements, particularly silicon, has passed away
Josef Michl (1939 – 2024)
Renowned Czechoslovak-American chemist passed away
Alfred Hassner (1930 – 2024)
Internationally known organic chemist, known for small-ring heterocycles and organic synthesis methodology, passed away
Achim Müller (1938 – 2024)
German chemist known for his diverse contributions in transition metal chemistry, bioanorganics, and synthesizing large polyoxometallates passed away
Roeland Nolte (1944 – 2024)
Dutch chemist known for his wide range of work in supramolecular chemistry passed away
Allen J. Bard (1933 – 2024)
American pioneer in modern electrochemistry, known for groundbreaking research and mentorship, passed away
Zijie Yan
Associate Professor Zijie Yan, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, USA, killed on campus
Albert Jakob Eschenmoser (1925 – 2023)
Eminent organic and bioorganic chemist best known for the synthesis of vitamin B12 passed away
John B. Goodenough (1922 – 2023)
Chemistry Nobel Laureate who made important contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries passed away
Donald Herman Voet (1938 – 2023)
Biochemist known for the biochemistry textbooks used for a generation in countless courses passed away
Paul Berg (1926 – 2023)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate and pioneer of genetic engineering passed away
Dieter Oesterhelt (1940 – 2022)
Eminent biochemist known for the discovery of bacteriorhodopsin and as a pioneer of optogenetics passed away
David A. Evans (1941 – 2022)
Eminent organic chemist known, e.g., for work on chiral auxiliaries passed away