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  1. Gabor A. Somorjai (born May 4, 1935) is a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis, especially the catalytic effects of metal surfaces on gas-phase reactions ("heterogeneous catalysis").

  2. In Dr. Gabor A. Somorjais nearly 5 decade-long research career, beginning with his study of metalized catalysts using small angle X-ray scattering in 1960, he has co-authored more than 1,200 scientific papers and three textbooks on surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis, and has mentored more than 400 graduate students and ...

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  3. BIO. Gabor A. Somorjai was born in Budapest, Hungary, on May 4, 1935. He was a fourth year student of Chemical Engineering at the Technical University in Budapest in 1956 at the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution. He left Hungary and emigrated to the United States, where he received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of ...

  4. University of California, Berkeley. Gábor A. Somorjai was awarded the National Medal of Science for molecular studies of surfaces through the use of single crystals and the development of new techniques that served as foundations of new surface technologies including heterogeneous catalysis.

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  6. Mar 28, 2023 · March 28, 2023. Nuclear chemist Darleane Hoffman and surface chemist Gabor Somorjai received the Enrico Fermi Award from President Biden and Vice-President Harris for their pioneering work. The Biden Administration today (Tuesday, March 28) named Darleane C. Hoffman and Gabor A. Somorjai as recipients of the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award, one ...

  7. Oral history interview with Gábor Somorjai. 2014-Jan-30 – 2014-Jan-31. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Share link. Gábor Somorjai was born in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II and lived a comfortable, integrated life until Anti-Semitic laws impacted the ...

  8. Website. Email: somorjai@berkeley.edu. Gabor A. Somorjai was born in Budapest, Hungary, on May 4, 1935. He was a fourth year student of Chemical Engineering at the Technical University in Budapest in 1956 at the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution.