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Louis E. Brus

1943 - Today

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Louis Eugene Brus (born August 10, 1943) is an American chemist, and currently the Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He is the co-discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis E. Brus has received more than 138,969 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis E. Brus is the 320th most popular chemist, the 2,323rd most popular biography from United States and the 67th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Louis E. Brus ranks 320 out of 602Before him are Torbern Bergman, Frederick Abel, William E. Moerner, Edward Frankland, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Clemens Winkler. After him are Charles Friedel, Richard J. Roberts, Sendivogius, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Alexandre Brongniart, and Frances Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Louis E. Brus ranks 160Before him are Lucio Battisti, Joan Manuel Serrat, Czesława Kwoka, José Ángel Iribar, Dragan Nikolić, and Christine McVie. After him are Richard J. Roberts, Ma'ruf Amin, Inna Churikova, Randy Newman, Blythe Danner, and James Levine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis E. Brus ranks 2,323 out of 20,380Before him are Leland Stanford (1824), Emma Stone (1988), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Myrna Loy (1905), and Steve Vai (1960). After him are Martin Chalfie (1947), Kenny Loggins (1948), Don Taylor (1920), Philly Joe Jones (1923), Hank Aaron (1934), and John Adams (1947).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Louis E. Brus ranks 67Before him are Richard R. Schrock (1945), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Thomas Cech (1947), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Alice Ball (1892), and William E. Moerner (1953). After him are Frances Arnold (1956), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Allen J. Bard (1933), and Albert Ghiorso (1915).