1950 - Today
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, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ranks 510 out of 509. Before 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.
1901 - 1981
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 504
1888 - 1956
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 505
1871 - 1942
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 506
1877 - 1968
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 507
1865 - 1918
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 508
1899 - 1980
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 509
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 510
1933 - 2024
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 511
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 512
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 513
1895 - 1975
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 514
1746 - 1813
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 515
1913 - 2009
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 516
Among people born in 1950, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ranks 428. Before 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.
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 422
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 423
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 424
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 425
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 426
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 427
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 428
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 429
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 430
1950 - 2009
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 431
1950 - 1991
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 432
1950 - 2010
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 433
1950 - 2022
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 434
Among people born in Poland, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ranks 1,024 out of 1,454. Before 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).
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 1,018
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 1,019
1945 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 1,020
1914 - 2001
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 1,021
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 1,022
1908 - 1974
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 1,023
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 1,024
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 1,025
1916 - 2002
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 1,026
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 1,027
1936 - 2010
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 1,028
1928 - 2003
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 1,029
1825 - 1901
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 1,030
Among chemists born in Poland, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ranks 25. Before 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).
1876 - 1946
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 19
1834 - 1910
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 20
1874 - 1934
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 21
1846 - 1915
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 22
1871 - 1935
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 23
1865 - 1918
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 24
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 25
1862 - 1910
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 26