RICHARD R. SCHROCK

2005 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis.

• Born: January 4, 1945
• Place of Birth: Berne, IN, USA
• Citizenship: USA
• Residence: USA
• Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Address:
  
  Department of Chemistry
  6-331
  77 Massachusetts Ave.
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  USA
  Telephone: 617-253-1596
  Fax: 617-253-7670
• E-mail: rrs@mit.edu
• Education:
  • University of California, Riverside, CA, USA, A.B., 1967
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Ph.D., 1971

• Books about metathesis
• Books about organic synthesis

• Prize co-recipient: Yves Chauvin
• Prize co-recipient: Robert H. Grubbs
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