Lauri Vaska

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Lauri Vaska

Chemistry

#397

World Rank

#754

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Inorganic Chemistry

#32

World Rank

#35

Historical Rank

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Lauri Vaska's Degrees

• PhD Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
• Bachelors Chemistry University of Tartu

Why Is Lauri Vaska Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Lauri Vaska was an Estonian-American chemist who has made noteworthy contributions to organometallic chemistry. Vaska was born in Rakvere, Estonia. He was educated at the Baltic University in Hamburg, Germany and subsequently at the University of Göttingen , where he received his Vordiplom . He emigrated to the United States in 1952 and pursued his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at the University of Texas . He was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University where he conducted research on magnetochemistry. In 1957 he took a position as Fellow at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, where he remained until 1964. During that time, the Mellon Institute housed a number of future chemists, including Paul Lauterbur and R. Bruce King. Vaska moved as an associate professor to Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, where, from 1990 to his death, he was professor emeritus of chemistry. His brother is a philosopher. He died in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 2015, aged 90.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Lauri Vaska?

Lauri Vaska is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Tartu
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Clarkson University