Gábor A. Somorjai

Gabor A. Somorjai (born May 4, 1935) is a professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and is a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis. For his contributions to the field, Somorjai won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1998, the Linus Pauling Award in 2000, the National Medal of Science in 2002, the Priestley Medal in 2008, the 2010 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Science and the NAS Award in Chemical Sciences in 2013.

Personal facts

Gábor A. Somorjai
Birth dateMay 04, 1935
Birth place
Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary
Nationality
United States
Religion
Jews
Education
Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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  1. http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2002/05/10_somorjai.html
  2. http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/gasgrp
  3. http://www.exploratorium.edu/hockey/skating1.html
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  5. http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Medal-of-Science-2002.html
  6. http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?en/press/11090.htm