1935 - 2025
Gábor A. Somorjai Hungarian Scientist
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| First Name |
Gabor
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| Middle Name |
A.
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| Last Name |
Somorjai
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| Birthday |
4th May, 1935
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| Birthplace |
Budapest, Hungary
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| Died |
7th July, 2025
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Religion |
Jewish
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| Nationality |
Hungarian
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Gabor A. Somorjai (May 4, 1935 – July 7, 2025) was a Hungarian-born American professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis, especially the catalytic effects of metal surfaces on gas-phase reactions ("heterogeneous 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. In April 2015, Somorjai was awarded the American Chemical Society's William H. Nichols Medal.
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