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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

1950 - Today

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Krzysztof "Kris" Matyjaszewski (Polish: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf matɨjaˈʂɛfskʲi]; 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.Matyjaszewski was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2019 for expanding the capabilities of controlled/living polymerizations and developing ATRP, a robust catalytic process for the radical polymerization of monomers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krzysztof Matyjaszewski has received more than 71,574 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski is the 510th most popular chemist (down from 492nd in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from Poland (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Polish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ranks 510 out of 509Before him are Henry Eyring, Walther Kossel, Max Bodenstein, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Johannes Thiele, and Alexander Nesmeyanov. After him are Allen J. Bard, Barbara Askins, Robert Jarvik, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Peter Jacob Hjelm, and Mildred Cohn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ranks 428Before him are Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Michael Swanwick, Mariya Petkova, Patti Austin, Karl Rove, and Hugo Hovenkamp. After him are Carlos Roberto Flores, Shahid Khan, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Howard Ashman, Teddy Pendergrass, and Nicholas Evans.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ranks 1,024 out of 1,454Before him are Agata Buzek (1976), Beata Poźniak (1960), Zygmunt Maszczyk (1945), Harry Winter (1914), Andrzej Sekuła (1954), and Jacob Bronowski (1908). After him are Adam Darski (1977), Günther Ortmann (1916), Andrzej Grabowski (1952), Janusz Zakrzeński (1936), Peter Hacks (1928), and Albrecht Weber (1825).

Among CHEMISTS In Poland

Among chemists born in Poland, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ranks 25Before him are Alfred Stock (1876), Heinrich Caro (1834), Sergey Lebedev (1874), Karol Olszewski (1846), Nikodem Caro (1871), and Johannes Thiele (1865). After him are Hugo Erdmann (1862).