Robert Curl

Born August 23, 1933Alice, Texas, United States

Fields Chemistry

Institutions Rice University,Harvard University

Alma mater Rice, University of California,Berkeley, PhD

Known for fullerene

Notableawards

Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996.Cross-cultural ambassador atSorbonne University UNESCO Club

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Floyd Curl, Jr. (born August 23, 1933) is anemeritus professor of chemistry at Rice University. He wasawarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for thediscovery of fullerene (with Richard Smalley, also of RiceUniversity, and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex).

Born in Alice, Texas, United States, Curl was the son of a

Methodist Minister.[1] He is a graduate of Thomas JeffersonHigh School in San Antonio, Texas. Curl received a B.A.from Rice Institute in 1954 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from theUniversity of California, Berkeley, in 1957. Professor Curl'scurrent research interests involve physical chemistry,developing DNA genotyping and sequencinginstrumentation, and creating quantum cascade laser-basedmid-infrared trace gas monitoring instrumentation. Curl oftenattended the German table at Hanszen College at RiceUniversity. However, he is more known in the residentialcollege life at Rice University for being the first master ofLovett College.

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Nobel Prize Website (http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1996/index.html)Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (http://nano.rice.edu)

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