List of Jewish American chemists

Last updated May 08, 2024

This is a list of notable Jewish American chemists. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

Bruce Alberts (born 1938), biochemist known for work on DNA replication
Sidney Altman (1939–2022), chemist, Nobel Prize (1989)^[1]
Christian B. Anfinsen (1916–1995), biochemist, Nobel Prize (1972) (convert to Judaism)^[2]
Julius Axelrod (1912–2004), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1970)
David Baltimore (born 1938), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975)
Allen J. Bard (1933–2024), electrochemist, inventor of scanning electrochemical microscope, Wolf Prize (2008)^[3]
Paul Berg (1926–2023), biochemist, Nobel Prize (1980)^[4]
Konrad Bloch (1912–2000), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1964)
Ronald Breslow (1931–2017), chemist known for work on chemical mechanisms
Melvin Calvin (1911–1997), biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1961)
Carl Djerassi (1923–2015), pharmaceutical chemist known for development of oral contraceptive pills
Murray Eden (1920–2020), physical chemist
Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)
Walter Gilbert (born 1932), biochemist, developed a method for DNA sequencing, Nobel Prize (1980)^[4]
Herbert A. Hauptman (1917–2011), chemist, Nobel Prize (1985)^[5]
Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), chemist and writer, Nobel Prize winner (1981)^[6]
Martin Kamen (1913–2002), chemist who introduced ¹⁴C as a tracer for biochemical reactions^[7]
Martin Karplus (born 1930), theoretical chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2013)
Arthur Kornberg (1918–2007), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1959)
Daniel Koshland (1920–2007), biochemist known for induced fit
Fritz Lipmann (1899–1986) biochemist whose research on coenzyme A led to a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1953)
Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born 1923) chemist, theory of electron-transfer reactions, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1992)
Jacob A. Marinsky (1918–2005), chemist who co-discovered promethium^[8]
Matthew Meselson (born 1930) geneticist and molecular biologist, discovered semi-conservative DNA replication
George Olah (1927–2017) chemist, research on carbocations, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1994)
Alexander Pines (born 1945), physical chemist, expert in solid-state NMR, Wolf Prize (1991)^[9]
Martin Pope (1918–2022), physical chemist, Davy Medal (2006)^[10]
Stanley B. Prusiner (born 1942) neurologist and biochemist, discovered prions, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1997)
Efraim Racker (1913–1991), biochemist known for identifying and purifying Factor 1
Michael Rossmann (1930–2019), structural biologist who discovered the Rossmann fold protein motif.
William Stein (1911–1980), biochemist who worked on the ribonuclease sequence and catalytic activity, Nobel Prize (1972)^[11]
Gilbert Stork (1921–2017), organic chemist, known for making contributions to the total synthesis of natural products
Howard Martin Temin (1934–1994), geneticist and virologist who discovered reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975)
Ronald Vale (born 1959), biochemist and cell biologist, research on kinesin and dynein
Frank Westheimer (1912–2007), chemist known for pioneering work in physical organic chemistry
Richard Zare (born 1939), chemist known for the development of laser-induced fluorescence

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↑ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972 (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). Nobelprize.org. Retrieved on 2012-03-08.
↑ "For Creating New Field of Science, Texas Chemist Wins International Prize", January 23, 2008 Archived December 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , retrieved July 7, 2008.
1 2 "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980". Nobel Prize.
↑ Dr. Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Prize winner, is dead at 94
↑ "Roald Hoffmann :: Chemist, writer, and". Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2007-10-31. "Roald Hoffmann was born in a Polish Jewish family in Zloczow, Poland"
↑ Arnold, James (May 2003). "Obituary: Martin David Kamen". Physics Today. 56 (5): 74–75. Bibcode:2003PhT....56e..74A. doi: 10.1063/1.1583542 .
↑ "Jacob Marinsky, 87, Dies; Isolated Promethium Ions". New York Times.
↑ "THE 1991 WOLF FOUNDATION PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY". Wolf Foundation.
↑ "Davy Medal To Martin Pope". Chemical and Engineering News.
↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972". Nobel Prize.

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[NobelChem-1] James, Laylin K., ed. (1994). Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 1901–1992 . American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation. p. 737. ISBN 0-8412-2459-5 . Retrieved 2011-09-11.

[2] The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972 (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). Nobelprize.org. Retrieved on 2012-03-08.

[3] "For Creating New Field of Science, Texas Chemist Wins International Prize", January 23, 2008 Archived December 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , retrieved July 7, 2008.

[The_Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry_1980-4] 1 2 "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980". Nobel Prize.

[5] Dr. Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Prize winner, is dead at 94

[6] "Roald Hoffmann :: Chemist, writer, and". Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2007-10-31. "Roald Hoffmann was born in a Polish Jewish family in Zloczow, Poland"

[7] Arnold, James (May 2003). "Obituary: Martin David Kamen". Physics Today. 56 (5): 74–75. Bibcode:2003PhT....56e..74A. doi: 10.1063/1.1583542 .

[Jacob_Marinsky,_87,_Dies;_Isolated_Promethium_Ions-8] "Jacob Marinsky, 87, Dies; Isolated Promethium Ions". New York Times.

[THE_1991_WOLF_FOUNDATION_PRIZE_IN_CHEMISTRY-9] "THE 1991 WOLF FOUNDATION PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY". Wolf Foundation.

[Davy_Medal_To_Martin_Pope-10] "Davy Medal To Martin Pope". Chemical and Engineering News.

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