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Robert H. Grubbs

American chemist

Died when: 79 years 295 days (957 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Robert H. Grubbs

Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.Grubbs was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for developments in catalysts that have enabled commercial products.

He was a co-founder of Materia, a university spin-off startup to produce catalysts.


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