List of Jewish American chemists explained

This is a list of notable Jewish American chemists. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

• Bruce Alberts (born 1938), biochemist known for work on DNA replication
• Sidney Altman (1939–2022), chemist, Nobel Prize (1989)^[1]
• Christian B. Anfinsen (1916–1995), biochemist, Nobel Prize (1972) (convert to Judaism)^[2]
• Julius Axelrod (1912–2004), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1970)
• David Baltimore (born 1938), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975)
• Allen J. Bard (1933–2024), electrochemist, inventor of scanning electrochemical microscope, Wolf Prize (2008)^[3]
• Paul Berg (1926–2023), biochemist, Nobel Prize (1980)^[4]
• Konrad Bloch (1912–2000), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1964)
• Ronald Breslow (1931–2017), chemist known for work on chemical mechanisms
• Melvin Calvin (1911–1997), biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1961)
• Carl Djerassi (1923–2015), pharmaceutical chemist known for development of oral contraceptive pills
• Murray Eden (1920–2020), physical chemist
• Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)
• Walter Gilbert (born 1932), biochemist, developed a method for DNA sequencing, Nobel Prize (1980)^[5]
• Herbert A. Hauptman (1917–2011), chemist, Nobel Prize (1985)^[6]
• Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), chemist and writer, Nobel Prize winner (1981)^[7]
• Martin Kamen (1913–2002), chemist who introduced ¹⁴C as a tracer for biochemical reactions^[8]
• Martin Karplus (born 1930), theoretical chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2013)
• Arthur Kornberg (1918–2007), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1959)
• Daniel Koshland (1920–2007), biochemist known for induced fit
• Fritz Lipmann (1899–1986) biochemist whose research on coenzyme A led to a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1953)
• Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born 1923) chemist, theory of electron-transfer reactions, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1992)
• Jacob A. Marinsky (1918–2005), chemist who co-discovered promethium^[9]
• Matthew Meselson (born 1930) geneticist and molecular biologist, discovered semi-conservative DNA replication
• George Olah (1927–2017) chemist, research on carbocations, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1994)
• Alexander Pines (born 1945), physical chemist, expert in solid-state NMR, Wolf Prize (1991)^[10]
• Martin Pope (1918–2022), physical chemist, Davy Medal (2006)^[11]
• Stanley B. Prusiner (born 1942) neurologist and biochemist, discovered prions, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1997)
• Efraim Racker (1913–1991), biochemist known for identifying and purifying Factor 1
• Michael Rossmann (1930–2019), structural biologist who discovered the Rossmann fold protein motif.
• William Stein (1911–1980), biochemist who worked on the ribonuclease sequence and catalytic activity, Nobel Prize (1972)^[12]
• Gilbert Stork (1921–2017), organic chemist, known for making contributions to the total synthesis of natural products
• Howard Martin Temin (1934–1994), geneticist and virologist who discovered reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975)
• Ronald Vale (born 1959), biochemist and cell biologist, research on kinesin and dynein
• Frank Westheimer (1912–2007), chemist known for pioneering work in physical organic chemistry
• Richard Zare (born 1939), chemist known for the development of laser-induced fluorescence

Notes and References

1. Book: James. Laylin K.. Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 1901–1992. registration. 2011-09-11 . 1994. American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation. 0-8412-2459-5. 737.
2. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1972/press.html The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972 (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
3. http://www.utexas.edu/news/2008/01/23/chemistry_bard/ "For Creating New Field of Science, Texas Chemist Wins International Prize", January 23, 2008
4. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980. Nobel Prize.
5. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980. Nobel Prize.
6. http://www.buffalonews.com/obituaries/article605235.ece Dr. Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Prize winner, is dead at 94
7. Web site: Roald Hoffmann :: Chemist, writer, and . 2007-10-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080119031913/http://www.roaldhoffmann.com/pn/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=11&page=1 . 2008-01-19 . "Roald Hoffmann was born in a Polish Jewish family in Zloczow, Poland"
8. Arnold, James. Obituary: Martin David Kamen. Physics Today. May 2003. 56. 5. 74–75. 10.1063/1.1583542. 2003PhT....56e..74A . free.
9. News: Jacob Marinsky, 87, Dies; Isolated Promethium Ions. New York Times.
10. Web site: THE 1991 WOLF FOUNDATION PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY. Wolf Foundation.
11. Web site: Davy Medal To Martin Pope. Chemical and Engineering News.
12. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972. Nobel Prize.