Robert Grubbs

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
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gptkb:University_of_Columbia
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Herbert_C._Brown_Award_for_Creative_Research_in_Synthetic_Methods
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin_Medal_in_Chemistry
gptkb:Arthur_C._Cope_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1942-02-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Possum_Trot,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:deathDate 2021-12-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Duarte,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ronald_Breslow
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Amir_H._Hoveyda
gptkb:Gregory_Fu
gptkb:Melanie_Sanford
gptkb:Paul_Chirik
gptkb:Sarah_Reisman
gptkb:John_Montgomery
gptkb:Robert_H._Grubbs_II
gptkb:Vy_M._Dong
gptkbp:employer gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:field chemistry
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Robert_Howard_Grubbs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Grubbs
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Grubbs_catalyst
olefin metathesis
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Yves_Chauvin
gptkb:Richard_R._Schrock
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2005
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Grubbs_catalyst
Research on olefin metathesis
gptkbp:occupation chemist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Pasadena,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Helen_Grubbs
gptkbp:website https://www.cce.caltech.edu/people/robert-h-grubbs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eric_Anslyn
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7