Famous People who Majored in Chemistry

Age: Dec. at 93 (1917-2010)

Birthplace: New York City, New York

Gender: Male

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Millie Hughes-Fulford

Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford (born December 21, 1945) is an American medical investigator, molecular biologist and former NASA astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist. ...  more

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  Age: 74
  
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  Birthplace: Mineral Wells, Texas
  
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  Gender: Female
  
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Ullas Naik

Ullas is a Managing Director with Globespan and works out of the firm's Palo Alto office. He serves on the boards of BladeLogic, Certeon, Copan Systems, GlassHouse Technologies, Millennial Net, Nantero, and Revivio. and was formerly on the board of Pirus Networks (acquired by Sun Microsystems). Ullas is also actively involved with Globespan's investments in Incipient, m-Qube, and Virtusa. Prior to Globespan, Ullas was a Managing Director in JAFCO Venture's Boston office, where he was responsible for several of the firm's software and infrastructure investments. Prior to JAFCO Ventures, Ullas was a Senior Vice President in the Technology Research Group at FAC-Equities/First Albany. At...  more

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Mario Capecchi

Mario Ramberg Capecchi (6 October 1937) is an American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knockout mice. He shared the prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine....  more

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  Age: 83
  
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  Birthplace: Verona, Italy
  
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  Gender: Male
  
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Robert H. Grubbs

Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS (born February 27, 1942) is an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis. He is a co-founder of Materia, a University spin-off startup to produce catalysts....  more

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  Age: 78
  
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  Birthplace: Possum Trot, Kentucky
  
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  Gender: Male