George Andrew Olah
Chemist, Academic
1927 –
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Who is George Andrew Olah?
George Andrew Olah is a Hungarian and American chemist. His research involves the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994. He has also been awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996.
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- Born
- May 22, 1927
Budapest - Also known as
- George A. Olah
- György Oláh
- Religion
- Judaism
- Agnosticism
- Ethnicity
- Hungarian people
- Nationality
- Hungary
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Chemistry
( - 1949)
- PhD, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Employment
- University of Southern California
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
(1977 - )
- Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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