Nobel Prize Recipient. He received recognition after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996. He shared the coveted award equally with Richard Smalley and Harry Kroto. According to the Nobel Prize committee, the three chemists were given the award "for their discovery of fullerenes." Their 1985 discovered of fullerene carbon compounds, which was also known as buckyballs or C60. In 1954 he earned a B.A. at the Rice Institute (now Rice University) in Houston, and three years later he completed his doctoral studies in chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the faculty at Rice University in 1958 and retired as professor emeritus in 2008. In September of 1985, he met fellow scientists Harold Kroto and Richard Smalley and after days of research, they made the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, which was so named because of the molecule's resemblance to the geodesic domes designed by famed architect R. Buckminster Fuller. Other similar forms of carbons were later dubbed "fullerenes." His later research focused on quartz tuning forks and the development of trace-gas sensors. He also earned numerous other honors and awards for his career work.
Nobel Prize Recipient. He received recognition after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996. He shared the coveted award equally with Richard Smalley and Harry Kroto. According to the Nobel Prize committee, the three chemists were given the award "for their discovery of fullerenes." Their 1985 discovered of fullerene carbon compounds, which was also known as buckyballs or C60. In 1954 he earned a B.A. at the Rice Institute (now Rice University) in Houston, and three years later he completed his doctoral studies in chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the faculty at Rice University in 1958 and retired as professor emeritus in 2008. In September of 1985, he met fellow scientists Harold Kroto and Richard Smalley and after days of research, they made the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, which was so named because of the molecule's resemblance to the geodesic domes designed by famed architect R. Buckminster Fuller. Other similar forms of carbons were later dubbed "fullerenes." His later research focused on quartz tuning forks and the development of trace-gas sensors. He also earned numerous other honors and awards for his career work.
Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
