Richard R. Ernst

Chemist
BIRTHDAY
August 15,1933
Birthplace
Switzerland
Age
Jun 4,2021,age 87
Birth Sign
Leo
BIRTHDAY
August 15,1933 (age Jun 4,2021,age 87)
Birthplace
Switzerland

About

Physical chemist who received the 1991 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his development of multi-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. He was a professor at ETH Zurich, a university in Switzerland.

Before Fame

He studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Trivia

The documentary Science Plus Dharma Equals Social Responsibility focused on his life as a scientist in Switzerland.

Family Life

He had three children, Anna, Katharina, and Hans-Martin, with wife, Magdalena.

Associated With

Madame Curie is also a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.