Tobin J. Marks
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Tobin Jay Marks (born November 25, 1944) is an inorganic chemistry Professor, the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry, Professor of Material Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Professor of Applied Physics at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Among the themes of his research are synthetic organo-f-element and early-transition metal organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials chemistry, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, molecule-based photonic materials, superconductivity, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, and biological aspects of transition metal chemistry.
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Born | Tobin Jay Marks (1944-11-25) November 25, 1944 (age 79) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Maryland Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Known for | Organometallic chemistry, inorganic chemistry |
Awards | National Medal of Science (2005) NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (2012) Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry, Material Science |
Institutions | Northwestern University |
Doctoral advisor | F. Albert Cotton |
Marks received his B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1966 in chemistry, and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971 under the direction of F. A. Cotton. He came to Northwestern University in the fall of 1970.