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Richard R. Schrock

Richard Schrock
R. Schrock 2012.jpg
Richard Schrock during the Opening Ceremony of 44th International Chemistry Olympiad
Born Richard Royce Schrock
(1945-01-04) January 4, 1945 (age 72)
Berne, Indiana, United States
Nationality American
Fields Chemistry
Institutions
Alma mater
Thesis Synthesis and study of some Group VIII transition metal catalysts (1972)
Doctoral advisor J. A. Osborn
Known for
Notable awards
Spouse Nancy Carlson (m. 1971)
Children two
Website
web.mit.edu/rrs/www/home.html

Richard Royce Schrock (born January 4, 1945) is an American chemist and Nobel laureate recognized for his contributions to the olefin metathesis reaction used in organic chemistry.

Born in Berne, Indiana, Schrock went to Mission Bay High School in San Diego, California. He holds a B.A. (1967) from the University of California, Riverside and a Ph. D. (1971) from Harvard University. At Harvard he studied under J.A. Osborn in 1971–72.

Following his PhD, Schrock carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge with Lord Jack Lewis. In 1972, he was hired by DuPont, where he worked at the Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware in the group of George Parshall. He joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975 and became full professor in 1980.

He has held his current post, the Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry, at MIT since 1989. Schrock is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences and was elected to the Board of Overseers of Harvard University in 2007.

He is co-founder and member of the board of a Swiss-based company focused on the development and application of proprietary metathesis catalyst.


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