Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of Electron transfer. The Marcus Theory provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron Outer-Sphere electron transfer.

He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He earned a B.Sc. in 1943 and a Ph.D. in 1946, both from McGill University. In 1958, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He is currently a professor at Caltech.

External links

• Rudolph A. Marcus: Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry at Caltech
• Rudolph A. Marcus: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992
• Rudolph A. Marcus: autobiography
• Rudolph A. Marcus: Nobel Lecture 1992, Electron Transfer Reactions in Chemistry: Theory and Experiment
• Rudolph A. Marcus at ISI

1923 births | Living people | Canadian chemists | jewish scientists | McGill University alumni | Naturalized citizens of the United States | Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners | Members and associates of the US National Academy of Sciences

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