What is Rudolph A. Marcus?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Rudolph A. Marcus |image =Prof. Dr. Rudolph A. Marcus.jpg | image_size = 180px |caption =Rudolph A. Marcus in 2005 |birth_name=Rudolph Arthur Marcus |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1923|07|21||mf=yes}} |birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] |citizenship = United States, Canada |nationality = [[Americans|American]], [[Canadians|Canadian]] |field = [[Chemistry]] |work_institutions = [[Polytechnic Institute of New York University]], [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]], [[Caltech]] |alma_mater = [[McGill University]] |known_for = [[Electron transfer]] |prizes = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1992) |spouse=Laura Hearne (1949-2003; her death; 3 children) }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}} '''Rudolph Arthur Marcus''' (born July 21, 1923) is a [[Canada|Canadian]]-[[Americans|American]] chemist. He received the 1992 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]<ref name=nobel>[http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1992/index.html Rudolph A. Marcus: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992]</ref> for his theory of [[electron]] transfer reactions in [[chemical systems]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1992/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992 |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date= |accessdate=2013-08-01}}</ref> The [[Marcus theory]] is named after him. Marcus was born in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. On July 21, 2023, Marcus turned [[Centenarian|100 years old]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcus, Rudolph A.}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Canadian chemists]] [[Category:American chemists]] [[Category:People from Quebec]] [[Category:Canadian Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:American Nobel Prize winners]] {{bio-stub}}