Richard R. Ernst

Chemist

Birthday August 15, 1933

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Switzerland

DEATH DATE Jun 4, 2021 (87)

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About

Physical chemist who received the 1991 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his development of multi-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. He was a professor at ETH Zurich, a university in Switzerland.

Before Fame

He studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Trivia

The documentary Science Plus Dharma Equals Social Responsibility focused on his life as a scientist in Switzerland.

Family Life

He had three children, Anna, Katharina, and Hans-Martin, with wife, Magdalena.

Associated With

Madame Curie is also a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.