John Polanyi

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John Polanyi is a Canadian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.

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instanceOf Canadian scientist
Nobel laureate
chemist
human
awardReceived Henry Marshall Tory Medal
Herzberg Medal
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Order of Canada
Order of Ontario
Royal Medal
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
citizenship Canada
countryOfBirth Germany
dateOfBirth 1929-01-23
doctoralAdvisor Eugene Wigner
educatedAt Manchester Grammar School
Manchester University
Princeton University
employer University of Toronto
familyName Michael Polanyi
surface form: Polanyi
fieldOfWork chemical kinetics
chemical physics
chemistry
reaction dynamics
givenName John
knownFor contributions to reaction dynamics
development of infrared chemiluminescence techniques
research on elementary chemical reactions
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf Order of Canada
Order of Ontario
Royal Society
Royal Society of Canada
middleName Charles
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surface form: John Charles Polanyi
nationality Canadian
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeMotivation contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes
NobelPrizeYear 1986
notableStudent Donna Strickland
parent Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
Michael Polanyi
placeOfBirth Berlin
positionHeld Professor at the University of Toronto
relative Karl Polanyi
residence Toronto
sharesNobelPrizeWith Dudley R. Herschbach
Yuan T. Lee
spouse Anne Polanyi
workLocation Toronto

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University of Toronto notableAlumni John Polanyi
Killam Prize notableRecipient John Polanyi
Anne Polanyi spouse John Polanyi