Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
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14 Facts About Robert Grubbs
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Robert Grubbs was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.
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Robert Grubbs was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for developments in catalysts that have enabled commercial products.
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Robert Grubbs was a co-founder of Materia, a university spin-off startup to produce catalysts.
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In 1969, Robert Grubbs was appointed to the faculty of Michigan State University, where he began his work on olefin metathesis.
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Robert Grubbs was an assistant professor from 1969 to 1973, and an associate professor from 1973 to 1978.
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In 1978, Robert Grubbs moved to California Institute of Technology as a professor of chemistry.
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Robert Grubbs was a member of the Reliance Innovation Council formed by Reliance Industries Limited, India.
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Robert Grubbs was a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board.
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Robert Grubbs was instrumental in developing a family of ruthenium catalysts, including Robert Grubbs catalyst for olefin metathesis.
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Robert Grubbs studied olefin transformations for ring-closing metathesis, cross-metathesis reaction, and ring-opening metathesis polymerization with cyclic olefins such as norbornene.
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Robert Grubbs contributed to the development of "living polymerization", in which the termination ability of a polymerization reaction is removed.
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The Robert Grubbs catalyst has become a standard for general metathesis applications in ordinary laboratories.
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Robert Grubbs has received a number of other awards and honors, including the following:.
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