What is Roald Hoffmann?
{{Nobelprize|Chemistry}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Roald Hoffmann |image = Roald Hoffmann.jpg |image_size = 180px |caption = Roald Hoffmann |birth_date = July 18, 1937 |birth_place = [[Zolochiv|Złoczów]], [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]] (now [[Ukraine]]) |death_date = |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = United States |nationality = American |ethnicity = |field = [[Chemistry]] |work_institutions = [[Cornell University]] |alma_mater = Stuyvesant High School <br /> [[Columbia University]]<br />[[Harvard University]] |doctoral_advisor = [[William Lipscomb|William N. Lipscomb, Jr.]] |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[reaction mechanism]]s |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = 1981 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Roald Hoffmann''' (born July 18, 1937)<ref>Hoffmann's birth name was Roald Safran. Hoffmann is the surname adopted by his stepfather in the years after World War II</ref> is a Polish-born American [[theoretical chemist]] of [[Jewish]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/famous-scientists|title=Famous Scientists|date=July 1, 2010|website=HowStuffWorks}}</ref> He won the 1981 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]. He currently teaches at [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, New York]]. He was born in [[Zloczov]], [[Poland]] (now [[Ukraine]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1981/hoffmann-facts.html|title=Roald Hoffmann – Facts |website=Nobelprize.org|accessdate=}}</ref> Hoffmann survived [[The Holocaust]] and moved to the United States in 1949. == References == {{reflist}} {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffmann, Roald}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American chemists]] [[Category:American Nobe