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NOBEL PRIZE (Chemistry)


The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, being one the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895. Awarded annually since 1901, the Nobel Prize acknowledges outstanding contributions in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and psychology or medicine.
Administered by the Nobel Foundation, the Chemistry award is the most prestigious recognition that a scientist in the various fields of chemistry can receive.  Learn More >>
The Viterbi School of Engineering is proud of its faculty who has won one of the distinguished Nobel awards in the field of chemistry:      
 
 
   
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994
George A. Olah -
" for his contribution to carbocation chemistry"