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Irene Joliot-Curie, Erick J. Klein
Irene Joliot-Curie, Erick J. Klein
Natural Sciences Student Research Presentations
This poster for the Natural Sciences Poster Session at Parkland College features chemist Irene Joliot-Curie, one of four women, including her mother, Marie Curie, who have won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Joliot-Curie, with her husband Frederic Joliot-Curie won the prize in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity.
Percy Lavon Julian, Kaitlyn M. Camp
Percy Lavon Julian, Kaitlyn M. Camp
Natural Sciences Student Research Presentations
This poster for the Natural Sciences Poster Session at Parkland College features African American chemist Percy Lavon Julian credited with the first total synthesis of physostigmine, a drug involved in the treatment of glaucoma.
Wilhelm Ostwald, Kori K. Johnson
Wilhelm Ostwald, Kori K. Johnson
Natural Sciences Student Research Presentations
This poster for the Natural Sciences Poster Session at Parkland College features chemist Wilhelm Ostwald who discovered the law of dilution in 1988, which is the application of the law of mass action to weak electrolytes in solution. He also developed a process of catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid and introduced the word "mole".
Robert Burns Woodward, Cody J. Reeley
Robert Burns Woodward, Cody J. Reeley
Natural Sciences Student Research Presentations
This poster for the Natural Sciences Poster Session at Parkland College features chemist Robert Burns Woodward (1917-1979). Woodward was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965 for his work on organic synthesis. His work on total synthesis includes cholesterol, chlorophyll, colchicine, erythromycin, reserpine, and vitamin B12.
Dan Shechtman And His Discovery Of Quasicrystals, Emma C.B. Gray
Dan Shechtman And His Discovery Of Quasicrystals, Emma C.B. Gray
Natural Sciences Student Research Presentations
This poster for the Natural Sciences Poster Session at Parkland College features chemist and material science professor Dan Shechtman who discovered Quasicrystals in 1982.