Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Polish-American chemist

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1950

Place of Birth: Konstantynów Łódzki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: engineer, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States, Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Krzysztof "Kris" Matyjaszewski (Polish: ['k???t?f mat?ja'??fsk?i]; born April 8, 1950) is a Polish-American chemist.
He is the J.C.
Warner Professor of the Natural Sciences at the Carnegie Mellon University Matyjaszewski is best known for the discovery of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), a novel method of polymer synthesis that has revolutionized the way macromolecules are made.
In 2011 he was a co-winner of the prestigious Wolf Prize in Chemistry.