The Most Influential People Across History
Find the most influential people in 24 academic disciplines and numerous subdisciplines
Find famous and important people related to your research. This is an excellent tool for research papers, topic papers, and building a bibliography. Using our influence-based algorithm, our rankings synthesize data from Wikipedia, Wikidata, Semantic Scholar, and CrossRef.
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List of the most influential people in Chemistry,
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Taiguang Richard Jow
#160789
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#4652
Alexander Chroneos
#160793
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#4653
Michel Verdaguer
#160797
Overall Influence
#4654
Mónica Kräuter
#63348
Overall Influence
1967 - Present (59 years)
Mónica Kräuter is a Venezuelan chemist and professor of the Simón Bolívar University. Kräuter gained notability during the 2017 Venezuelan protests due to her study of tear gas canisters and her advice on how to protect against its effects.
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Qian Yitai
#103317
Overall Influence
1941 - 2023 (82 years)
Qian Yitai was a Chinese chemist who was a professor at University of Science and Technology of China. Qian was born in Zhongqiao, Wuxi on 3 January 1941. After graduating from Suzhou No.2 Middle School, he earned his bachelor's degree from Department of Chemistry, Shandong University in 1962. He joined the faculty of University of Science and Technology of China , and was later appointed Dean of College of Chemistry and Materials Science. From 1982 to 1993, he visited several US universities, such as Brown University and Purdue University. In 1997, he was elected as an academician of Chinese...
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Hiroshi Naganawa
#160818
Overall Influence
#4657
Pietro Traldi
#160851
Overall Influence
#4658
Hiroshi Shinokubo
#160860
Overall Influence
#4659
Frank Aldon Momany
#160863
Overall Influence
#4660
Rui Xiao
#160910
Overall Influence
#4661
J. Philip Thornber
#160911
Overall Influence
#4662
Tiziano Faravelli
#160919
Overall Influence
#4663
Priscilla Baker
#138328
Overall Influence
Priscilla Baker is a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of the Western Cape. She is the co-leader of SensorLab, a research platform in electrochemistry that deals with the electrodynamics of materials and sensors. She is an active member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, European Scientific Network for Artificial Muscles and the Marie Curie International staff exchange scheme .
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John P. Valleau
#160995
Overall Influence
#4665
Adriàn Bonilla-petriciolet
#161001
Overall Influence
#4666
Alexey Teplyakov
#161011
Overall Influence
2000 - Present (26 years)
#4667
Suresh S. Tate
#161012
Overall Influence
#4668
Jacques Leblanc
#93347
Overall Influence
1921 - 2010 (89 years)
Jacques Leblanc is a Québécois physiologist and professor, born in Saint-Joachim-de-Montmorency. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of contemporary biomedical research in Quebec and Canada.
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A. John Swallow
#161050
Overall Influence
#4670
Yasuaki Einaga
#161064
Overall Influence
#4671
Michael C. Schotz
#161066
Overall Influence
#4672
Ernest Briët
#161089
Overall Influence
#4673
Zhe‐ming Wang
#161118
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#4674
Iain Campbell Paul
#161123
Overall Influence
#4675
Ralph Kingsley Iler
#161132
Overall Influence
#4676
Marshall D. Gates Jr.
#125973
Overall Influence
1915 - 2003 (88 years)
Marshall D. Gates Jr. was an American chemist, holding the position of C.F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry at the University of Rochester. He was an organic chemist whose research was in the field of natural product synthesis. He is best known for publishing the first total synthesis of morphine in 1952.
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Jan Aaseth
#104371
Overall Influence
1943 - Present (83 years)
Jan Olav Aaseth is a Norwegian physician, doctor of philosophy, professor, and research advisor in internal medicine, endocrinology, toxicology, and medical biochemistry. He worked at Oslo University Hospital and became an approved specialist in medical biochemistry in 1979, and later also approved in internal medicine and endocrinology.
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Joan Albaigés
#161162
Overall Influence
#4679
He-yong He
#161167
Overall Influence
#4680
Jamal Chaouki
#161184
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#4681
Jerry Clinton Workman
#161186
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Lisa McElwee-White
#94493
Overall Influence
Lisa McElwee-White is currently the Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida. Career Lisa McElwee-White received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1979, and completed her Ph.D. degree at the California Institute of Technology under the supervision of Dennis A. Dougherty. After two years of postdoctoral work at Stanford University with James P. Collman, she joined the Stanford faculty as an assistant professor in Chemistry in 1985.
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Maurizio Fagnoni
#161211
Overall Influence
1968 - Present (58 years)
#4684
Bjørn A. Larsen
#161253
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#4685
Vicki H. Wysocki
#161262
Overall Influence
2000 - Present (26 years)
#4686
Hiroshi Suzuki
#161304
Overall Influence
#4687
Christopher K. Mathews
#161347
Overall Influence
#4688
John E. Mcmurry
#161377
Overall Influence
#4689
Jeyong Yoon
#161411
Overall Influence
#4690
Neal R. Armstrong
#161417
Overall Influence
#4691
Hans‐ulrich Humpf
#161441
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#4692
Jean Rouquerol
#161474
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#4693
Carleton J. Howard
#161478
Overall Influence
#4694
Ulrich P. Strauss
#120375
Overall Influence
1920 - 2015 (95 years)
Ulrich Paul Strauss was an American chemist. He was professor emeritus at Rutgers University. Strauss received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971. Biography Strauss was born in Frankfurt. He earned a B.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. He finished his postdoc at Yale University before embarking a teaching a career at Rutgers University, where he taught from 1948 to 1990. Strauss' specialty was polyelectrolytes and he created prefabricated soap micelles known as "polysoaps."
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Urs Wild
#54608
Overall Influence
1936 - 2022 (86 years)
Urs Paul Rolf Wild was a Swiss chemist. He became known for his pioneering works in single molecule detection. Biography Wild studied chemistry at ETH Zurich. He received his Master Diploma in physics at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, US, in 1962. He completed his PhD under Professor Günthard at the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich in 1965, the subject of his PhD thesis was "Aufbau einer Blitzlichtapparatur mit Zündfunkenstrecke und ihre Anwendung zum Studium der Triplett-Triplett Annihilation von Anthracen in Glycerin".
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Bice Fubini
#161531
Overall Influence
1943 - Present (83 years)
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Steven A. Wrighton
#161550
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John A. Coxon
#161555
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#4699
Michael A. Sleigh
#161601
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Anton Pottegård
#161609
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