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Britton Chance, ForMemRS (1913–2010), Penn College class of 1935, B.A., M.A. 1936, and Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry (1940) at the University of Pennsylvania winner of a gold medal in sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games retired as the Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of biochemistry and biophysics, as well as ...
University of Pennsylvania. Doctoral advisor. Allan R. Day. Madeleine M. Joullié (born March 29, 1927) is an American-Brazilian organic chemist. She was the first woman to join the University of Pennsylvania chemistry faculty as well as the first female organic chemist to be appointed to a tenure track position in a major American university.
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referenced as Penn [note 3] or UPenn) [note 4] is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.. It is one of nine colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that ...
The Science History Institute is an institution that preserves and promotes understanding of the history of science. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it includes a library, museum, archive, research center and conference center. It was founded in 1982 as a joint venture of the American Chemical Society and the University of Pennsylvania ...
In 1765, John Morgan, known as the founder of medical instruction in America, founded the University of Pennsylvania Medical School as the nation's first medical school An admission ticket to "A Course of Lectures" given in 1765 by John Morgan, the first professor of medicine and founder of Penn's Medical School A ticket to a lecture given by Penn Medical School professor Benjamin Rush, a ...
Ahmed Hassan Zewail (February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016) was an Egyptian-American chemist, [4] known as the "father of femtochemistry". [5] He was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry and became the first Egyptian and Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field, [4] and the second African to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
After being mentored by Tom Cech, Bevilacqua became interested in the folding of RNA and its interactions with chemistry. His research looks at how RNA affects biological processes. He studies viral replication in humans and the responses to abiotic stresses in plants.
John Keith Benton (1896–1956) – dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 1939–1956. Lauren Benton –, historian known for works on the history of empires, Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Professor of History and professor of law [ 468 ] Michael Bess – Chancellor's Professor of History, professor of European studies.