Rudolph A. Marcus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rudolph A. Marcus

Canadian chemist

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1923

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: scientist, writer, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems".
Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electron outer-sphere electron transfer.
He is a professor at Caltech, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.