Roald Safran

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Roald Safran, better known as Roald Hoffmann, is a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical chemist renowned for his work on the electronic structure of molecules and for his contributions to science communication.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
playwright
poet
science communicator
theoretical chemist
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy
alsoKnownAs Roald Hoffmann
awardReceived Arthur C. Cope Award
Lomonosov Gold Medal
National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
Priestley Medal
birthName Roald Safran
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Poland
dateOfBirth 1937-07-18
doctoralAdvisor William N. Lipscomb Jr.
educatedAt Columbia University
Harvard University
employer Cornell University
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Safran
fieldOfWork chemical bonding
quantum chemistry
science communication
theoretical chemistry
givenName Roald
hasWritten plays
poetry collections
popular science books
knownFor orbital symmetry control of chemical reactions
popularization of chemistry
work on the electronic structure of molecules
languageSpoken English
Polish
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society of Chemistry
notableIdea conservation of orbital symmetry
frontier molecular orbital theory
notableWork Woodward–Hoffmann rules
placeOfBirth Złoczów NERFINISHED
positionHeld Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University
survived Holocaust
surface form: the Holocaust
workLocation Ithaca, New York, United States
surface form: Ithaca, New York

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Roald Hoffmann birthName Roald Safran