Biochemist
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Melvin Calvin
April 8th 1911
Born in Saint Paul MN
Died January 8th 1997
Died in Berkeley California
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1961
University of Minnesota (1935), Michigan Technological University (1931)
Books: Chemical Evolution 1961 Following the Trail of Light 1992 Organic Chemistry of Life 1973
Parents: Rose Herwitz Elias Calvin
Parents were Russian Immigrants
Becomes a professor in 1947
Dr. Calvin is married to the former Genevieve Jemtegaard, daughter of Norwegian emigrant parents, they have two daughters, Elin and Karole, and one son, Noel.
-Story of the scientist’s work
degree in chemistry at Michigan College of Science and Technology
PhD at the University of Minnesota, where he worked with George Glockler on the electron affinity of halogens
Leaving Minnesota with his doctorate, Calvin used his own savings to supplement a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Research Council to work for two years with Michael Polány, as Rockefeller Fellow during the 1935–1937 period, at the University of Manchester. His research topic was the interactions between quantum mechanical theory and chemical experimentation, starting with platinum-hydrogen activation systems.Connect the scientist to a branch of Biology
- Melvin Calvin is concerned a biochemist because that’s what he went into in college.
Rudolph Marcus
Biography
nobel prize in chemistry in 1992
for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems"
born july 21, 1923
Montreal, quebec
studied theoretical chemistry
loved school and parents didn't have a higher education
went to McGill university
was interested in science and chemistry in high school
received his Ph.D at oxford
nobel prize for his work on chemical kinetics
postdoctoral research fellowship at university at north carolina with Oscar K. Rice
in 1978 became an arthur amos noyes professor of chemistry at california institute of technology
Scientific biography:
Went to oxford got Ph.D
postdoctoral research with oscar k rice
after the internship he loved math and science and the theories involved
Fortunately for me, Oscar's gamble paid off. Some three months later, I had formulated a particular case of what was later entitled by B. Seymour Rabinovitch, RRKM theory "Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus"
wrote the 1952 RRKM papers
In 1964, I joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
Awards- Columbia University's Chandler Medal (1983), Professorial Fellowship at University College, Oxford (1975 to 1976), National Medal of Science (1989), Hirschfelder Prize in Chemistry (1993), Nobel prize in chemistry in 1992
Hans Krebs
Personal Biography:
Born August 25th, 1900
Born in Germany
parents Georg Krebs who was an ear nose and throat surgeon of the city and his mom was Alma Davidson
Studied medicine at the Universities of Gottingen
Died November 22, 1981
Married Margaret Fieldhouse and had two sons and one daughter
education-
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Hamburg
Albert Ludwigs university of Freiburg
Awards: - Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine 1953 for his discovery of the citric acid cycle
Scientific Biography:
Researched Metabolism
Discovered the TricarBoxylic acid cycle (aka. Krebs cycle) which is citric acid cycle
also discovered Glyoxylate cycle which is an alternative for the Krebs cycle
connected to Biochemistry