George A. Olah

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry chemist human organic chemist

George A. Olah was a Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his groundbreaking work on carbocations and superacids, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms.

Aliases (1)

George Andrew Olah ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry → chemist → human → organic chemist →
awardReceived	ACS Award in Petroleum Chemistry → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Priestley Medal → Roger Adams Award →
citizenship	Hungary → United States of America →
coAuthorWith	Alain Goeppert → G. K. Surya Prakash →
countryOfBirth	Hungary →
dateOfBirth	1927-05-22 →
dateOfDeath	2017-03-08 →
educatedAt	Budapest University of Technology and Economics → Eötvös Loránd University →
employer	Case Western Reserve University → University of Southern California →
familyName	Olah →
fieldOfWork	organic chemistry → physical organic chemistry →
fullName	George Andrew Olah →
givenName	George →
influenced	development of modern carbocation chemistry →
knownFor	methanol economy concept → nonclassical carbocations → research on carbocations → research on superacids → study of organic reaction mechanisms →
languageSpoken	English → Hungarian →
memberOf	American Chemical Society → Hungarian Academy of Sciences → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
NobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for his contribution to carbocation chemistry →
NobelPrizeYear	1994 →
notableWork	“Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy” → “Superacids” →
occupation	researcher → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Budapest →
placeOfDeath	Beverly Hills, California →
positionHeld	Director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute → Distinguished Professor at University of Southern California →
proposedConcept	methanol economy →
researchInterest	energy and fuels → hydrocarbon chemistry → strong acids and superacids →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACS Award in Organic Chemistry → Priestley Medal →	hasRecipient
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry → Davy Medal →	notableRecipient
George A. Olah ("George Andrew Olah") →	fullName
Nobel Prize in Chemistry →	notableLaureate