1. Martin Gruebele was born in Stuttgart, Germany, son of Helmut Grubele and E A Victoria Grubele with two younger siblings Andrea and Philip.
11 Facts About Martin Gruebele
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Martin Gruebele attended the Lycee Francais in Vienna, Austria, the Colegio ECOS in Marbella, Spain, and Drew School in San Francisco, US as Valedictorian.
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Martin Gruebele was advised by Ken Sauer, Wilhelm Maier, and Richard J Saykally.
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Martin Gruebele was a faculty member of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, and was an adjunct professor of physics at Michigan State University to support biological physics faculty mentoring.
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Martin Gruebele's research covers a wide range of areas in chemical physics and biological physics, including the kinetics of biological systems, quantum dynamics of energy flow within molecules, and optically assisted scanning tunneling microscopy.
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Martin Gruebele has published over 300 articles, books and patents on topics ranging from quantum computing, to RNA and protein folding in the test tube and inside cells, to fish swimming behavioral studies, and ultra-distance cycling.
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Martin Gruebele has been on the list of "Teachers Ranked Excellent by their Students" at Illinois multiple times, and received the School of Chemical Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.
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Martin Gruebele is a contributor to LibreTexts, which makes open-access textbooks available to students.
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Martin Gruebele is married to Nancy Makri, who is a professor of chemistry and physics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Martin Gruebele has a strong interest in cycling, running, swimming and triathlon and has competed in many long-distance events, such as the 2013 Boston Marathon, the 2016 solo Race Across America, the 2019 Badwater Ultramarathon, the 1406 mile DECA 2022 World Championship ultratriathlon, the 10 day non-stop run at "6 Days in the Dome" in 2024,15-Ironman-Distances-in-15-Days at "What is the Limit" Garda Lake in 2024, and the Ironman World Championship.
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Martin Gruebele has written three how-to books on multi-day ultra-distance cycling, ultratriathlon, and ultrarunning.