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Isabella Karle
Isabella Helen Karle was an American chemist who revolutionized crystallography laying the foundation for three-dimensional structures of molecules which facilitates the study of the biological, chemical, metallurgical, and physical characteristics of the molecules. This information provides the ability to synthesize those molecules. Her method improved the speed and accuracy of chemical and biome…
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science · American physical chemist (1921–2017) · chemist · university teacher · crystallographer · physical chemist · biophysicist · physicist · also Isabella Karle, Isabella Helen Lugoski, Isabella Helen Lugoski Karle, Karle
Born 2 December 1921 · Died 3 October 2017 · Q512459
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2024· 1 entry
2017· 5 entries
C&EN: Obituary: Isabella Karle
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Died 2017-10-03.
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At a hospice in Alexandria, Virginia at 95 from a brain tumor
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Karle died on October 3, 2017, at a hospice in Alexandria, Virginia at 95 from a brain tumor.
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Published “Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger <sup>*</sup>” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 3,686 times.
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2009· 2 entries
Karle and her husband retired from the Naval Research Laboratory
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Awarded Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award (2009).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Harvard University (2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry (1998).
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1995· 3 entries
Awarded NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1995).
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Won National Medal of Science (1995).
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"for the development and application of a method for determining essentially equal-atom crystal and molecular structures by x-ray analysis, thereby having a profound effect on the practice of organic and biological chemi
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Vincent du Vigneaud Award (1992).
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1990· 1 entry
Won Bijvoet Medal (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Michigan Women's Hall of Fame (1989).
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Gregori Aminoff Prize (1988).
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1985· 1 entry
Jerome Karle was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with mathematician Herbert A
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Chemical Pioneer Award (1984).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award (1980).
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1976· 1 entry
Won Garvan–Olin Medal (1976).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award (1968).
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1946· 1 entry
They had three daughters, all of whom work in scientific fields: (1) Louise Karle, born 1946, is a theoretical chemist; (2) Jean Karle (1950) is an organic chemist; and (3) Madeleine Karle (1955) is a museum specialist with expertise in the field of geology.
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1940· 1 entry
Studied at University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science (1940).
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1921· 1 entry
Born 1921-12-02.
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