Rudolph A. Marcus

Infobox Scientist
name = Rudolph A. Marcus

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image_size = 180px
caption =Rudolph A. Marcus in 2005
birth_date = July 21, 1923
birth_place = Montreal, Quebec
citizenship = United States
nationality = Canada
field = Chemistry
work_institutions = Caltech
alma_mater = McGill University
known_for = electron transfer
prizes = Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1992)

Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is an American chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [ [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1992/index.html Rudolph A. Marcus: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992] ] for his theory of electron transfer. Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer.

He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He earned a B.Sc. in 1943 and a Ph.D. in 1946, both from McGill University. In 1958, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He is an active professor at Caltech. He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

References

* [http://www.iaqms.org/members/IAQMS.member.Marcus.html His International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page]

External links

* [http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/marcus/index.html Rudolph A. Marcus: Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry] at Caltech
* [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1992/marcus-autobio.html Rudolph A. Marcus: autobiography]
* [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1992/marcus-lecture.html Rudolph A. Marcus: Nobel Lecture 1992, Electron Transfer Reactions in Chemistry: Theory and Experiment]
* [http://www.vega.org.uk/video/programme/39 Freeview video 'An Interview with Rudolph Marcus' by the Vega Science Trust]