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Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kenichi Fukui “for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions”. He has also published plays, poetry and popular science. He is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus at Cornell University.
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culture · Nobel laureate theoretical chemist · playwright · chemist · poet · university teacher · writer · also Roald Hoffmann, Roald Safran, Hoffmann
Born 18 July 1937 · Q273279
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2026· 3 entries
edugist.org: 2027 Oxford University Weidenfeld Hoffmann Scholarship in UK | Fully Funded
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2023· 1 entry
Roald Hoffmann was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Awards
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2021· 4 entries
Published “The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews” in Systematic Reviews — cited 8,085 times.
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Published “The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews” in BMJ — cited 86,769 times.
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Published “PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews” in BMJ — cited 9,198 times.
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Published “The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews” in International Journal of Surgery — cited 8,552 times.
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2020· 1 entry
Published “SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor” in Cell — cited 17,459 times.
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2019· 2 entries
Won Marie Curie Medal (2019).
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Published “Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor” in Nature — cited 6,725 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Published “Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines” in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles — cited 9,728 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide” in BMJ — cited 8,395 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP” in Radiocarbon — cited 9,545 times.
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2012· 2 entries
Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,668 times.
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Published “Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,807 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Won Lomonosov Gold Medal (2011).
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry (2009).
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A monument to Holocaust victims was built in Zolochiv on Hoffmann's initiative
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2008· 1 entry
The Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities awarded him its Lichtenberg Medal
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2006· 2 entries
Won American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2006).
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And found that the attic where he had hidden was still intact, but the storeroom had been incorporated, ironically enough, into a chemistry classroom
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1998· 1 entry
Won Kołos Medal (1998).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
Published “Environmental Applications of Semiconductor Photocatalysis” in Chemical Reviews — cited 17,123 times.
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1990· 1 entry
Won Priestley Medal (1990).
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1988· 1 entry
Hoffmann became the series host in a 26-program PBS education series by Annenberg/CPB, The World of Chemistry, opposite with series demonstrator Don Showalter
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1986).
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1984).
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Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, elected 1985
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1983· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science (1983).
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry (1982).
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1981· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1981).
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Won William H. Nichols Medal (1981).
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Hoffmann received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which he shared with Kenichi Fukui "for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions"
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Remsen Award (1980).
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1978).
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1974· 2 entries
Awarded Centenary Prize (1974).
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Awarded Linus Pauling Award (1974).
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Arthur C. Cope Award (1973).
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1969).
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1965· 1 entry
Went to Cornell University and has remained there, where he is a professor emeritus
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1962· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard University, Doctor of Philosophy (1962).
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1958· 1 entry
Studied at Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts (1958).
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1955· 2 entries
From New York City's Stuyvesant High School, where he won a Westinghouse science scholarship
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Studied at Stuyvesant High School, high school diploma (1955).
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1944· 1 entry
Moved to Kraków where his mother remarried
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-07-18.
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